Re: Format of SHK files

[Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net>]

In comp.sys.apple2 Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:

:> Hi, bit of a silly question, but where could i get some info on the
:> shk file format and its compression formats it supports.

:      The basic compression method is called "NuFX". I do not recall coming across
: a description of the .shk format. Pretty good places to look would be 'info'
: folders on Ground and Apple Cabi.net:

Actually the archive file format is called NuFX for "New File Exchange" and
the compression is usually LZW, but the format allows others. Way back in '91
I wrote a program that lists the contents of a NuFX file. I used an article
that Andy Nicholas wrote for Call-A.P.P.L.E. describing the format.
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