Questions tagged [rar]
RAR is a proprietary compression type and stands for Roshal ARchive.
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Unpacking RAR archive, but one of the parts (segments) in UPPER CASE filename and extension, any ideas about workaround for this?
For some reason, example.mpg turned into several RARs, part01.rar part02.rar etc, all the way to part22.rar, but ONE of the RARs, is this PART07.RAR (in capital letters), so the WinRar or 7-zip cannot ...
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Extracting multiple archives with WinRAR where some are missing parts
I have a folder with a few thousand rar and zip files. Some are separated into multiple parts and others are not. My goal is to extract all of the files. The files are large and I expect this may take ...
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What happens if during RAR compression the laptop runs out of battery?
I was compressing a large file using RAR, so it took quite a while. During the compression at some point I had to unplug the computer and let it continue with battery only. After a few hours when I ...
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Extract option missing from Files (Nautilus) after upgrade/conversion to AlmaLinux
I recently upgraded and converted my server from Centos 7 to AlmaLinux 8 via leapp, and after upgrading, I noticed that in the default Gnome3 file manager (nautilus), under Centos 7 I could right lick ...
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How to split a big folder into multiple standalone archives using RAR or 7-Zip console?
Example: I want to add a 100 GB folder to archives of 10 GB each using RAR or 7-Zip console on Windows. But each archive must be independent/standalone and able to extract without the other archives. ...
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When using WinRAR.exe from CLI, how to tell it "don't return back the command prompt until job is done"
I'm using WinRAR to compress a big folder into rar in the CLI on windows, something like:
winrar.exe a $output_path $input_path
It works, but I noticed that the command prompt is immediately returned ...
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A zip file which shows all files in archive root directory from subfolders in a windows file explorer view
Some one shared me a zip file shown in the windows file explorer that all the files in the subdir are placed in the archive root dir. The hierachy is like the following box:
│ fileone.txt......dir/...
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Transfer a .zipped .CHM file still make it unreadable
I create a .CHM file on a online computer at vagon.io, and then transfer it to my local computer. But when opening it, I get "Unknown Publisher" error and the page contents are blank.
I find ...
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zip each file in a folder with max. 100 MB and use random names for the zip file
is there a way or multiple ways how to zip the files in each folder and save it with a random chosen name?
An example would be: i have three main folders with names A, B, C. Each folder contains a ...
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Is it safe to delete a file that is reportedly bigger than it should be
After calling unrar on a RAR archive on my 1 TB NTFS drive, I am left with a file, that reportedly has a size of 86T.
Is it safe to delete such file? What is the best way to safely get rid of this ...
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Can Archive Manager distinguish between wrong password and corrupted file?
I have two old encrypted RAR files. I know their passwords, but something interesting happens:
When I try to open each file in File Roller (Ubuntu's default archive manager) and enter the wrong ...
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How to clean unRAR bug where it crashes my computer by fulling up the disk with data?
It is a kind of Zip bomb, which exploded in an anonymous directory. I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 and, at GUI, I click to extract a ~/Downloads/file.rar.
It’s is a small 3 Mb file with TXT content, but the ...
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how to extract one or more archives recursively with one/multiple parts (rar or 7z) and deleting the archives after extraction?
I would be really, extremly happy if someone could help me with this problem.
I want to be able to extract one or more files with only one or more parts and then deleting the archive(s). It doesn't ...
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Compress a folder with internal complex folders tree and UTF-8 mixed languages files and formats for archive
I have a cloud folder on my hard-drive which I want to archive, in-order to do so I would like to compress it using best of choice compressor for that task :
Complex sub-tree of internal folders with ...
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How to unrar every file in a directory to its correspondent folder?
I have a directory full of *.rar files and I want each of them to be extracted to a folder with the same name as its .rar correspondent, but i do not want to use for loops. How can i do that ?
I'm on ...
