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EXAMPLE OF FILE MERGING

For example, in the archive "XPRZ31.LHA" (xprzmodem.library, version 3.1),
4 versions of the xprzmodem.library are distributed, comprising a total
of 90932 bytes:

* One for the 68000/68010 with AmigaDOS Release 1.x
* One for the 68000/68010 with AmigaDOS Release 2.x
* One for the 68020-68040 with AmigaDOS Release 1.x
* One for the 68020-68040 with AmigaDOS Release 2.x

While LhA 1.50r compresses these four files to 52985 bytes, LZX compresses
*all four* to an unbeliveable 17148 bytes, only marginally more than the
12758 bytes it took to compress just one of the four files.  This is due to
LZX's ability to transparently look for compressible data across multiple
files, before adding them to an archive.


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