Date   : Tue, 13 Feb 1990 07:59:24 EST
From   : "'Alex Bodnar Jr - abodnar@apg-emh5.army.mil'" <abodnar@APG-EMH5.APG.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: de-compression help

In article <774@nixpbe.UUCP> josef@peun11.uucp (Moellers) writes:
>I am writing a program to unpack .LBR archives on UNIX (perhaps pack later).
>I have the structure of the archive (which is fairly simple).
>
>What I am looking for is a description of the compression algorithms
>used when squeezing or crunching files (i.e. generating *.?Z? or *.?Q?)

>>Don't forget *.?Y? !  This is the LZH compression algorithm which was ported
>>to CP/M last September.  The file -SOURCE.NOT contained in the CRLZH11.LBR
>>library (the cruncher/uncruncher files) contains the sentence:
>>
>>     "Most of the 'interesting' stuff is in the LZH encoding and decoding
>>      algorithms, anyway, which are released in .REL (and .SLR) format
>>      ONLY at this time."
>>

i downloaded the CRLZH11.LBR again to make sure about the REL and to 
my surprise .... i used nulu lu and ldir to check it and there are no
rel files inside this library just one *.RYL file. so how is one 
supposed to  be able to uncompress ?????? Thank-You in advance......