LHA (LHarc, LZH) is a file format used by a popular freeware eponymous archiver, created in 1988 by Haruyasu Yoshizaki. Over the years, many ports and implementations were developed, sporting many extensions to original 1988 LZH.
File format is pretty simple and essentially consists of a stream of records.
This page hosts a formal specification of .lzh file format of LHA (AKA LHarc) by Yoshizaki Haruyasu using Kaitai Struct. This specification can be automatically translated into a variety of programming languages to get a parsing library.
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/**
* LHA (LHarc, LZH) is a file format used by a popular freeware
* eponymous archiver, created in 1988 by Haruyasu Yoshizaki. Over the
* years, many ports and implementations were developed, sporting many
* extensions to original 1988 LZH.
*
* File format is pretty simple and essentially consists of a stream of
* records.
*/
namespace {
class Lzh extends \Kaitai\Struct\Struct {
public function __construct(\Kaitai\Struct\Stream $_io, \Kaitai\Struct\Struct $_parent = null, \Lzh $_root = null) {
parent::__construct($_io, $_parent, $_root);
$this->_read();
}
private function _read() {
$this->_m_entries = [];
$i = 0;
while (!$this->_io->isEof()) {
$this->_m_entries[] = new \Lzh\Record($this->_io, $this, $this->_root);
$i++;
}
}
protected $_m_entries;
public function entries() { return $this->_m_entries; }
}
}
namespace Lzh {
class Record extends \Kaitai\Struct\Struct {
public function __construct(\Kaitai\Struct\Stream $_io, \Lzh $_parent = null, \Lzh $_root = null) {
parent::__construct($_io, $_parent, $_root);
$this->_read();
}
private function _read() {
$this->_m_headerLen = $this->_io->readU1();
if ($this->headerLen() > 0) {
$this->_m_fileRecord = new \Lzh\FileRecord($this->_io, $this, $this->_root);
}
}
protected $_m_headerLen;
protected $_m_fileRecord;
public function headerLen() { return $this->_m_headerLen; }
public function fileRecord() { return $this->_m_fileRecord; }
}
}
namespace Lzh {
class FileRecord extends \Kaitai\Struct\Struct {
public function __construct(\Kaitai\Struct\Stream $_io, \Lzh\Record $_parent = null, \Lzh $_root = null) {
parent::__construct($_io, $_parent, $_root);
$this->_read();
}
private function _read() {
$this->_m__raw_header = $this->_io->readBytes(($this->_parent()->headerLen() - 1));
$_io__raw_header = new \Kaitai\Struct\Stream($this->_m__raw_header);
$this->_m_header = new \Lzh\Header($_io__raw_header, $this, $this->_root);
if ($this->header()->header1()->lhaLevel() == 0) {
$this->_m_fileUncomprCrc16 = $this->_io->readU2le();
}
$this->_m_body = $this->_io->readBytes($this->header()->header1()->fileSizeCompr());
}
protected $_m_header;
protected $_m_fileUncomprCrc16;
protected $_m_body;
protected $_m__raw_header;
public function header() { return $this->_m_header; }
public function fileUncomprCrc16() { return $this->_m_fileUncomprCrc16; }
public function body() { return $this->_m_body; }
public function _raw_header() { return $this->_m__raw_header; }
}
}
namespace Lzh {
class Header extends \Kaitai\Struct\Struct {
public function __construct(\Kaitai\Struct\Stream $_io, \Lzh\FileRecord $_parent = null, \Lzh $_root = null) {
parent::__construct($_io, $_parent, $_root);
$this->_read();
}
private function _read() {
$this->_m_header1 = new \Lzh\Header1($this->_io, $this, $this->_root);
if ($this->header1()->lhaLevel() == 0) {
$this->_m_filenameLen = $this->_io->readU1();
}
if ($this->header1()->lhaLevel() == 0) {
$this->_m_filename = \Kaitai\Struct\Stream::bytesToStr($this->_io->readBytes($this->filenameLen()), "ASCII");
}
if ($this->header1()->lhaLevel() == 2) {
$this->_m_fileUncomprCrc16 = $this->_io->readU2le();
}
if ($this->header1()->lhaLevel() == 2) {
$this->_m_os = $this->_io->readU1();
}
if ($this->header1()->lhaLevel() == 2) {
$this->_m_extHeaderSize = $this->_io->readU2le();
}
}
protected $_m_header1;
protected $_m_filenameLen;
protected $_m_filename;
protected $_m_fileUncomprCrc16;
protected $_m_os;
protected $_m_extHeaderSize;
/**
* Level-neutral header, same for all LHA levels. Subsequent fields order and meaning varies, based on LHA level specified in this header.
*/
public function header1() { return $this->_m_header1; }
public function filenameLen() { return $this->_m_filenameLen; }
public function filename() { return $this->_m_filename; }
public function fileUncomprCrc16() { return $this->_m_fileUncomprCrc16; }
public function os() { return $this->_m_os; }
public function extHeaderSize() { return $this->_m_extHeaderSize; }
}
}
namespace Lzh {
class Header1 extends \Kaitai\Struct\Struct {
public function __construct(\Kaitai\Struct\Stream $_io, \Lzh\Header $_parent = null, \Lzh $_root = null) {
parent::__construct($_io, $_parent, $_root);
$this->_read();
}
private function _read() {
$this->_m_headerChecksum = $this->_io->readU1();
$this->_m_methodId = \Kaitai\Struct\Stream::bytesToStr($this->_io->readBytes(5), "ASCII");
$this->_m_fileSizeCompr = $this->_io->readU4le();
$this->_m_fileSizeUncompr = $this->_io->readU4le();
$this->_m__raw_fileTimestamp = $this->_io->readBytes(4);
$_io__raw_fileTimestamp = new \Kaitai\Struct\Stream($this->_m__raw_fileTimestamp);
$this->_m_fileTimestamp = new \DosDatetime($_io__raw_fileTimestamp);
$this->_m_attr = $this->_io->readU1();
$this->_m_lhaLevel = $this->_io->readU1();
}
protected $_m_headerChecksum;
protected $_m_methodId;
protected $_m_fileSizeCompr;
protected $_m_fileSizeUncompr;
protected $_m_fileTimestamp;
protected $_m_attr;
protected $_m_lhaLevel;
protected $_m__raw_fileTimestamp;
public function headerChecksum() { return $this->_m_headerChecksum; }
public function methodId() { return $this->_m_methodId; }
/**
* Compressed file size
*/
public function fileSizeCompr() { return $this->_m_fileSizeCompr; }
/**
* Uncompressed file size
*/
public function fileSizeUncompr() { return $this->_m_fileSizeUncompr; }
/**
* Original file date/time
*/
public function fileTimestamp() { return $this->_m_fileTimestamp; }
/**
* File or directory attribute
*/
public function attr() { return $this->_m_attr; }
public function lhaLevel() { return $this->_m_lhaLevel; }
public function _raw_fileTimestamp() { return $this->_m__raw_fileTimestamp; }
}
}