LHA
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'''LHA''' is an archiving program and file format created by Haruyasu Yoshizaki in 1988. It was originally called LHArc, then was briefly LH before settling on LHA. In the 1990s it was the most popular archiving format on the Amiga platform, and also got some use on the PC platform including in the installers for id Software games such as Doom and Quake. At present, it is mostly used in Japan. | '''LHA''' is an archiving program and file format created by Haruyasu Yoshizaki in 1988. It was originally called LHArc, then was briefly LH before settling on LHA. In the 1990s it was the most popular archiving format on the Amiga platform, and also got some use on the PC platform including in the installers for id Software games such as Doom and Quake. At present, it is mostly used in Japan. | ||
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== Format documentation == | == Format documentation == | ||
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* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/arc_fmts.txt LZH file header format (among other archive types)] | * [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/arc_fmts.txt LZH file header format (among other archive types)] | ||
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* [http://homepage1.nifty.com/dangan/en/Content/Program/Java/jLHA/jLHA.html Java library] | * [http://homepage1.nifty.com/dangan/en/Content/Program/Java/jLHA/jLHA.html Java library] | ||
* [http://www.ponsoftware.com/en/ Explzh for Windows] | * [http://www.ponsoftware.com/en/ Explzh for Windows] | ||
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== Other links == | == Other links == | ||
* [[Wikipedia:LHA (file format)|Wikipedia article]] | * [[Wikipedia:LHA (file format)|Wikipedia article]] | ||
Revision as of 16:47, 18 January 2014
LHA is an archiving program and file format created by Haruyasu Yoshizaki in 1988. It was originally called LHArc, then was briefly LH before settling on LHA. In the 1990s it was the most popular archiving format on the Amiga platform, and also got some use on the PC platform including in the installers for id Software games such as Doom and Quake. At present, it is mostly used in Japan.
The file format is also known as LZH.
