How to rar a single file ?
syntax: rar a {.rar file-name} {file-name}
# rar a syslog.rar /var/log/syslog RAR 3.90 beta 2 Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Alexander Roshal 3 Jun 2009 Shareware version Type RAR -? for help Evaluation copy. Please register. Creating archive syslog.rar Adding /var/log/syslog OK Done
How to rar multiple files ?
syntax: rar a {.rar file-name} {file-names}
# rar a var-log-cups.rar /var/log/cups/*
RAR 3.90 beta 2 Copyright (c) 1993-2009
Alexander Roshal 3 Jun 2009
Shareware version Type RAR -? for help
Evaluation copy. Please register.
Creating archive var-log-cups.rar
Adding /var/log/cups/access_log OK
Adding /var/log/cups/access_log.1.gz OK
Adding /var/log/cups/access_log.2.gz OK
Adding /var/log/cups/error_log OK
Adding /var/log/cups/error_log.1.gz OK
Adding /var/log/cups/error_log.2.gz OK
Done
You can also use the following method to rar multiple files.
# rar a -r var-log-cups.rar /var/log/cups/
How to unrar a *.rar compressed file ?
syntax: unrar e {.rar file-name}
# unrar e var-log-cups.rar
UNRAR 3.90 beta 2 freeware Copyright (c) 1993-2009
Alexander Roshal
Extracting from var-log-cups.rar
Extracting error_log OK
Extracting access_log.1.gz OK
Extracting error_log.2.gz OK
Extracting error_log.1.gz OK
Extracting access_log OK
Extracting access_log.2.gz OK
All OK
How to list the content of a rar file without uncompressing it?
syntax: unrar l {.rar file-name}
# unrar l var-log-cups.rar
UNRAR 3.90 beta 2 freeware Copyright (c) 1993-2009
Alexander Roshal
Archive var-log-cups.rar
Name Size Packed Ratio Date Time Attr CRC Meth Ver
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
access_log.1.gz 106 133 125% 14-11-09 20:37 -rw-r----- A329619E m3b 2.9
access_log.2.gz 190 243 127% 30-10-09 09:44 -rw-r----- CAE8E2DB m3b 2.9
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