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  • LBR file utility for linux

    From WIlliam Main@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 6 08:01:12 2022
    I'd just like to mention the lbr uitility which I found which runs under linux

    https://www.svgalib.org/rus/lbrate.html

    lbrate extracts/decompresses files from the CP/M LBR format. (It can also list and test such archives.) It does this in an `unzip'-like manner, mostly hiding the details of individually compressed and renamed files, and transparently deals with the
    required decompression/renaming.

    lbrate is also (I believe) the only non-CP/M program to fully support decompressing files from all three CP/M compression schemes (Q, Z, Y). With this in mind, it can decompress such files directly, treating them as if they were single-entry LBRs.

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  • From Alan Laughton@21:1/5 to WIlliam Main on Mon Feb 7 10:04:53 2022
    On 7/02/2022 3:01 am, WIlliam Main wrote:
    I'd just like to mention the lbr uitility which I found which runs under linux

    https://www.svgalib.org/rus/lbrate.html

    lbrate extracts/decompresses files from the CP/M LBR format. (It can also list and test such archives.) It does this in an `unzip'-like manner, mostly hiding the details of individually compressed and renamed files, and transparently deals with the
    required decompression/renaming.

    lbrate is also (I believe) the only non-CP/M program to fully support decompressing files from all three CP/M compression schemes (Q, Z, Y). With this in mind, it can decompress such files directly, treating them as if they were single-entry LBRs.

    Yes, I use it all the time but under Windows.

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  • From ogdenpm@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 9 01:00:15 2022
    On my github site you will find two further utilities which you may find useful. Both run under windows and linux.

    mlbr at https://github.com/ogdenpm/mlbr
    It supports a number of additional features as indicated below

    Usage: mlbr -v | -V | [-x | -d | -z] [-D dir] [-f] [-i] [-k] [-n] [-r] [--] file+
    -v / -V show version information and exit
    -x extract to directory
    -d extract lbr to sub directory {name} - see below
    -z convert to zip file {name}.zip
    -D override target directory
    -f forces write of skipped library content
    -i ignore crc errors
    -I ignore crc errors and corrupt decompression
    -k keep original case of file names (default is to lower case)
    -n don't expand compressed files
    -r recursively extract lbr, creates nested sub directories for -d or -z
    -v show verison details and exit
    -- terminates args to support files with a leading -

    file+ one or more lbr, squeezed, crunched or crLzhed files
    names can include * or ? wildcard characters
    {name} is file with leading directory and extent removed

    Listing of file details, including validation checks is always done
    The -x or -d options allow files to be extracted

    When files contain comments or are renamed to avoid conflicts
    the details are written to a file {name}.info

    mklbr at https://github.com/ogdenpm/mklbr
    It supports creation of lbr files, including renaming and timestamping. Note it does not compress files itself



    Mark

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