Questions tagged [rar]
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extract rar files to folder
I tried googling around and checked the man page but couldn't find what I was looking for.
Basically need to extract a rar archive to a separate volume. I know:
rar e archive.rar
will extract it ...
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How secure are password-protected WinRAR archives?
The web seems to be flooded by password removers. I'm however on the other side. I'm interested in security of my files.
If I have a WinRAR archive (> 1 Mbyte) and use a password (> 6 characters ...
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Is it possible to stream input into RAR
I'm using RARLABS RAR.exe to archive/backup my server data. I am familiar with using RAR for creating an archive and adding files from a folder, but what about streaming data directly into an archive?...
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Is rsync corrupting my RAR?
We have two qnap devices - one in our datacentre and one off-site. We have hundreds of password protected RAR files stored on the qnap that contain virtual machine image snapshots, with approx 20 of ...
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zip file extracts faster than copying
System Win 7 32 bit. I am using WinRAR to extract a .rar file, but I think it is the same for any zipped files. I have:
1) SomeSourceCodeFolder.rar -> extract -> SomeDestCodeFolder
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file-system incremental backup - ideally with no downtime for the web site
I am trying to design a web site with backup in mind. Large media elements would be stored on the file system and a daily backup would be done both for the DB and the file-system (which would hold the ...
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Bash script to convert archive to .zip format
I'm looking for a flexible bash script to do the following:
Convert .rar, .tar, .tar.gz, .bz2, .7z archives to .zip format
Keep all folder structures and filenames as source archive.
Convert it ...
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Winrar repair corrupted .Rar Files [closed]
Good day, I have not extracted .rar file. I go to open it and get the error message An error has occurred while while expanding the file '*.rar' Format error. Any Help?
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clamav can't find viruses in rar files on centos 6.4
I use ClamAV 0.97.8/17494 on CentOS 6.4. It's good but can't find viruses in rar files. It can detect same virus file as it is or in a zip file but in rar file ClamAV reports no virus.
ScanArchive=yes ...
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use the cli of winrar to backup outlook pst
hello is it possible to use the winrar cli to backup a pst file. i have outlook openend 24/7 so the file is locked.
i use the following command:
C:\Backup>"c:\Program Files\WinRAR\rar.exe" a ...
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Command Line Winrar & Batch Scripts
I've written a wee batch script to backup some stuff on my desktop and dump it
over the network to a share... The only thing that's bugging me is the verbosity
of rar.exe while it's doing the ...
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WinZip, 7zip, Winrar Command Line to Compress structure of folders
I have a Windows Server 2008R2 which has a massive file share of Video files, I need to run a zip command line in a batch script which will :
a) Compress / zip each video file inside each folder ...
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Changes in compression rate
Every month I usually compress all my database dumps into a rar file.
I was very happy with the compression rate, as each compressed file was usually about 30MB, with a compression rate of 99%.
Since ...
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Need compression utility which uses all CPUs and compresses the best [closed]
I uses RAR since it was released a decade ago perhaps. However it is good for desktop applications I just found that on server where I need to compress a lot of text files every weekend it takes ages. ...
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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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Streaming compression for large files
We want to compress large backup files and push them into the cloud. I'm looking for an application/utility/codebase that will allow us to efficiently compress on the fly as part of the transfer.
I'...
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Uninstall WinRAR through GPO?
I wrote a script that I have added in as a computer based policy to run at startup. This script checks which version of WinRAR (x86/x64) is installed and runs the correct uninstall.exe with the /s ...
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error when trying to install rar package - php centos
building in /tmp/pear/temp/rar
running: phpize
sh: phpize: command not found
rolling back 388 file operations
ERROR: `phpize' failed
getting this error when trying to install the RAR package for php ...
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Apache extracting .rar before serving content
I can't find any information online about this, hopefully someone here can help out.
Our website hosts MOV downloads, but server space has started to become a concern. We have found that RAR can ...
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