kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkUser'skManual kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk~~~~~~~~~~~~~ kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkRARk3.91kconsolekversion kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkWelcomektokthekRARkArchiver! kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= kIntroduction k~~~~~~~~~~~~ kkkkRARkiskakpowerfulktoolkallowingkyouktokmanagekandkcontrolkarchive kkfiles.kConsolekRARksupportskarchiveskonlykinkRARkformat,ktheknames kkofkwhichkusuallykhavekak".rar"kextension.kZIPkandkotherkformats kkareknotksupported.kWindowskuserskmaykinstallkGUIkRARkversionk-kWinRAR, kkwhichkiskablektokprocesskmanykmorekarchivektypes.

kkRARkfeatureskinclude: kkkk*kkHighlyksophisticated,koriginalkcompressionkalgorithm kkkk*kkSpecialkcompressionkalgorithmskoptimizedkforktext,kaudio, kkkkkkkgraphicskdata,k32kandk64-bitkIntelkexecutables kkkk*kkBetterkcompressionkthanksimilarktools,kusingk'solid'karchiving kkkk*kkAuthenticitykverificationk(registeredkversionkonly) kkkk*kkSelf-extractingkarchiveskandkvolumesk(SFX) kkkk*kkAbilityktokrecoverkphysicallykdamagedkarchives kkkk*kkLoc ing,kpassword,kfilekorderklist,kfileksecurityk&kmorek... kConfigurationkfile k~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ kkRARkforkUnixkreadskconfigurationkinformationkfromkthekfilek.rarrc kkinkthekuser'skhomekdirectoryk(storedkinkHOMEkenvironmentkvariable) kkorkink/etckdirectory. kkRARkforkWindowskreadskconfigurationkinformationkfromkthekfilekrar.ini, kkplacedkinktheksamekdirectorykaskthekrar.exekfile. kkThiskfilekmaykcontainkthekfollowingkstring: kkswitches=anykRARkswitches,kseparatedkbykspaces kkForkexample: kkswitches=-m5k-s kEnvironmentkvariable k~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ kkkkDefaultkparameterskmaykbekaddedktokthekRARkcommandklinekbykestablishing kkkkankenvironmentkvariablek"RAR". kkkkForkinstance,kinkUNIXkfollowingklineskmaykbekaddedktokyourkprofile: kkkkkkRAR='-sk-md1024' kkkkkkexportkRAR

kkkkRARkwillkusekthiskstringkaskdefaultkparameterskinkthekcommandklinekand kkkkwillkcreatek"solid"karchiveskwithk1024kKBkslidingkdictionaryksize. kkkkRARkhandleskoptionskwithkprioritykaskfollowing: kkkkkkkcommandklinekswitcheskkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkhighestkpriority kkkkkkkswitcheskinkthekRARkvariablekkkkkkkkkkkklowerkpriority kkkkkkkswitchesksavedkinkconfigurationkfilekkkklowestkpriority kLogkfile k~~~~~~~~ kkIfkthekswitchk-ilogkiskspecifiedkinkthekcommandklinekorkconfiguration kkfile,kRARkwillkwritekinformationalkmessages,kconcerningkerrors kkencounteredkwhilekprocessingkarchives,kintokaklogkfile.kReadkswitch kk-ilogkdescriptionkforkmorekdetails. kThekfilekorderklistkforksolidkarchivingk-krarfiles.lst k~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ kkrarfiles.lstkcontainskakuser-definedkfileklist,kwhichktellskRAR kkthekorderkinkwhichktokaddkfilesktokaksolidkarchive.kItkmaykcontain kkfileknames,kwildcardskandkspecialkentryk-k$default.kThekdefault kkentrykdefineskthekplacekinkorderklistkforkfilesknotkmatched kkwithkotherkentrieskinkthiskfile.kThekcommentkcharacterkisk';'. kkInkWindowskthiskfilekshouldkbekplacedkinktheksamekdirectorykaskRAR kkorkink%APPDATA%\WinRARkdirectory,kinkUnixk-ktokthekuser'skhomekdirectory kkorkink/etc. kkTipsktokprovidekimprovedkcompressionkandkspeedkofkoperation: kk-ksimilarkfileskshouldkbekgroupedktogetherkinkthekarchive; kk-kfrequentlykaccessedkfileskshouldkbekplacedkatkthekbeginning. kkNormallykmas skplacedknearerktokthektopkofklistkhavekakhigherkpriority, kkbutktherekiskankexceptionkfromkthiskrule.kIfkrarfiles.lstkcontainsksuch kktwokmas skthatkallkfileskmatchedkbykonekmas karekalsokmatchedkbykanother, kkthatkmas kwhichkmatcheskaksmallerksubsetkofkfileknameskwillkhavekhigher kkprioritykregardlesskofkitskpositionkinktheklist.kForkexample,kifkyoukhave kk*.cppkandkf*.cppkmas s,kf*.cppkhaskakhigherkpriority,ksokthekpositionkof kk'filename.cpp'kwillkbekchosenkaccordingktok'f*.cpp',knotk'*.cpp'. kRARkcommandklineksyntax k~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ kSyntax kkkkRARk<command>kk[k-<switches>k]kk<archive>kk[k<@listfiles...>k] kkkkkkkk[k<files...>k]kk[k<path_to_extract\>k] kDescription kkkkCommandklinekoptionsk(commandskandkswitches)kprovidekcontrolkof kkkkcreatingkandkmanagingkarchiveskwithkRAR.kThekcommandkiskakstringk(orka kkkksinglekletter)kwhichkcommandskRARktokperformkakcorrespondingkaction. kkkkSwitcheskarekdesignedktokmodifykthekwaykRARkperformskthekaction.kOther

kkkkparameterskarekarchiveknamekandkfilesktokbekarchivedkintokorkextracted kkkkfromkthekarchive. kkkkListfileskarekplainktextkfileskthatkcontainknameskofkfilesktokprocess. kkkkFileknameskshouldkstartkatkthekfirstkcolumn.kItkiskpossiblekto kkkkputkcommentsktoktheklistfilekafterk//kcharacters.kForkexample, kkkkyoukmaykcreatekbac up.lstkcontainingkthekfollowingkstrings: kkkkc:\wor \doc\*.txtkkkkkkkkk//bac upktextkdocuments kkkkc:\wor \image\*.bmpkkkkkkk//bac upkpictures kkkkc:\wor \misc kkkkandkthenkrun: kkkkkkkrarkakbac upk@bac up.lst kkkkIfkyoukwishktokreadkfileknameskfromkstdink(standardkinput), kkkkspecifykthekemptyklistfileknamek(justk@). kkkkWin32kconsolekRARkuseskOEMk(DOS)kencodingkinklistkfiles. kkkkYoukmaykspecifykbothkusualkfileknameskandklistkfileskinktheksame kkkkcommandkline.kIfkneitherkfilesknorklistfileskarekspecified, kkkkthenk*.*kiskimpliedkandkRARkwillkprocesskallkfiles kkkkInkakUNIXkenvironmentkyoukneedktokquotekwildcardsktokavoidkthem kkkkbeingkexpandedkbykshell.kForkexample,kthiskcommandkwillkextract kkkk*.asmkfileskfromkRARkarchiveskinkcurrentkpath: kkkkkkkrarkek'*.rar'k'*.asm' kkkkCommandkcouldkbekanykofkthekfollowing: kkkkakkkkkkkAddkfilesktokarchive. kkkkkkkkkkkkExamples: kkkkkkkkkkkk1)kaddkallk*.hlpkfileskfromkthekcurrentkdirectoryktok kkkkkkkkkkkkthekarchivekhelp.rar: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkakhelpk*.hlp kkkkkkkkkkkk2)karchivekallkfileskfromkthekcurrentkdirectorykandksubdirectories kkkkkkkkkkkktok362000kbytesksizeksolid,kself-extractingkvolumesk kkkkkkkkkkkkandkaddkthekrecoverykrecordktokeachkvolume: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-rk-v362k-sk-sfxk-rrksave kkkkkkkkkkkkBecauseknokfileknameskarekspecified,kallkfilesk(*)karekassumed. kkkkkkkkkkkk3)kaskakspecialkexception,kifkdirectoryknamekiskspecifiedkask kkkkkkkkkkkkankargumentkandkifkdirectoryknamekdoesknotkincludekfilekmas sk kkkkkkkkkkkkandktrailingkbac slashes,kthekentirekcontentskofkthekdirectory kkkkkkkkkkkkandkallksubdirectorieskwillkbekaddedktokthekarchivekevenk kkkkkkkkkkkkifkswitchk-rkisknotkspecified. kkkkkkkkkkkkThekfollowingkcommandkwillkaddkallkfileskfromkthekdirectory kkkkkkkkkkkkBitmapskandkitsksubdirectoriesktokthekRARkarchivekPictures.rar: kkkkkkkkkkkk

kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkakPictures.rarkBitmaps kkkkkkkkkkkk4)kifkdirectoryknamekincludeskfilekmas skorktrailingkbac slashes, kkkkkkkkkkkknormalkruleskapplykandkyoukneedktokspecifykswitchk-rktokprocessk kkkkkkkkkkkkitsksubdirectories.k kkkkkkkkkkkkThekfollowingkcommandkwillkaddkallkfileskfromkdirectorykBitmaps, kkkkkkkkkkkkbutknotkfromkitsksubdirectories,kbecausekswitchk-rkisknot kkkkkkkkkkkkspecified: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkakPictures.rarkBitmaps\* kkkkckkkkkkkAddkarchivekcomment.kCommentskarekdisplayedkwhilekthekarchivekis kkkkkkkkkkkkbeingkprocessed.kCommentklengthkisklimitedktok62000kbytes kkkkkkkkkkkkExamples: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkckdistrib.rar kkkkkkkkkkkkAlsokcommentskmaykbekaddedkfromkakfilekusingk-z[file]kswitch. kkkkkkkkkkkkThekfollowingkcommandkaddskakcommentkfromkinfo.txtkfile: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkck-zinfo.txtkdummy kkkkcfkkkkkkAddkfileskcomment.kFilekcommentskarekdisplayedkwhenkthek'v' kkkkkkkkkkkkcommandkiskgiven.kFilekcommentklengthkisklimitedktok32767kbytes. kkkkkkkkkkkkExample: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkcfkbigarchk*.txt kkkkchkkkkkkChangekarchivekparameters. kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskcommandkcankbekusedkwithkmostkofkarchivekmodification kkkkkkkkkkkkswitchesktokmodifykarchivekparameters.kItkiskespecially kkkkkkkkkkkkconvenientkforkswitcheskli ek-av,k-cl,k-cu,k-tl,kwhichkdoknot kkkkkkkkkkkkhavekakdedicatedkcommand. kkkkkkkkkkkkItkisknotkablektokrecompress,kencryptkorkdecryptkarchivekdata kkkkkkkkkkkkandkitkcannotkmergekorkcreatekvolumes.kIfkusedkwithoutkany kkkkkkkkkkkkswitches,k'ch'kcommandkjustkcopieskthekarchivekdatakwithout kkkkkkkkkkkkmodification. kkkkkkkkkkkkExample: kkkkkkkkkkkkSetkarchivektimektoklatestkfile: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkchk-tlkfiles.rar kkkkcwkkkkkkWritekarchivekcommentktokspecifiedkfile. kkkkkkkkkkkkFormatkofkoutputkfilekdependskonk-sckswitch. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfkoutputkfileknamekisknotkspecified,kcommentkdatakwillkbe kkkkkkkkkkkksentktokstdout.

kkkkkkkkkkkkExamples: kkkkkkkkkkkk1)krarkcwkarckcomment.txt kkkkkkkkkkkk2)krarkcwk-scuckarckunicode.txt kkkkkkkkkkkk3)krarkcwkarc kkkkdkkkkkkkDeletekfileskfromkarchive.kPleaseknotekifkthekprocessingkofkthis kkkkkkkkkkkkcommandkresultskinkremovingkallkthekfileskfromkthekarchive, kkkkkkkkkkkkthekemptykarchivekwouldkremoved. kkkkekkkkkkkExtractkfilesktokcurrentkdirectory. kkkkfkkkkkkkFreshenkfileskinkarchive.kUpdateskthosekfileskchangedksincekthey kkkkkkkkkkkkwerekpac edktokthekarchive.kThiskcommandkwillknotkaddknewkfiles kkkkkkkkkkkktokthekarchive. kkkki[i|c|h|t]=<string> kkkkkkkkkkkkFindkstringkinkarchives. kkkkkkkkkkkkSupportskfollowingkoptionalkparameters: kkkkkkkkkkkkkkik-kcasekinsensitiveksearchk(default); kkkkkkkkkkkkkkck-kcaseksensitiveksearch; kkkkkkkkkkkkkkhk-khexadecimalksearch; kkkkkkkkkkkkkktk-kusekANSI,kUnicodekandkOEMkcharacterktablesk(Win32konly); kkkkkkkkkkkkIfknokparameterskarekspecified,kitkiskpossiblektokuse kkkkkkkkkkkktheksimplifiedkcommandksyntaxki<string>kinsteadkofki=<string> kkkkkkkkkkkkItkiskallowedktokspecifyk't'kmodifierkwithkotherkparameters, kkkkkkkkkkkkforkexample,kict=stringkperformskcaseksensitiveksearch kkkkkkkkkkkkusingkallkmentionedkabovekcharacterktables. kkkkkkkkkkkkExamples: kkkkkkkkkkkk1)krark"ic=firstklevel"k-rkc:\*.rark*.txt kkkkkkkkkkkkPerformkcaseksensitiveksearchkofk"firstklevel"kstring kkkkkkkkkkkkink*.txtkfileskink*.rarkarchiveskonkthekdis kc: kkkkkkkkkkkk2)krarkih=f0e0aeaeab2d83e3a9k-rke:\texts kkkkkkkkkkkkSearchkforkhexkstringkf0ke0kaekaekabk2dk83ke3ka9 kkkkkkkkkkkkinkrarkarchiveskinke:\textskdirectory. kkkk kkkkkkkLoc karchive.kAnykcommandkwhichkintendsktokchangekthekarchive kkkkkkkkkkkkwillkbekignored. kkkkkkkkkkkkExample:

kkkkkkkkkkkkrark kfinal.rar kkkkl[t,b]kkListkcontentskofkarchivek[technical].kFileskareklistedkaskwith kkkkkkkkkkkkthek'v'kcommandkwithkthekexceptionkofkthekfilekpath.ki.e.konly kkkkkkkkkkkkthekfileknamekiskdisplayed.kOptionalktechnicalkinformation kkkkkkkkkkkk(hostkOS,ksolidkflagkandkoldkversionkflag)kiskdisplayed kkkkkkkkkkkkwhenk't'kmodifierkiskused.kModifierk'b'kforceskRARktokoutput kkkkkkkkkkkkonlykbarekfileknameskwithoutkanykadditionalkinformation. kkkkm[f]kkkkMovektokarchivek[fileskonly].kMovingkfileskandkdirectories kkkkkkkkkkkkresultskinkthekfileskandkdirectorieskbeingkerasedkupon kkkkkkkkkkkksuccessfulkcompletionkofkthekpac ingkoperation.kDirectorieskwill kkkkkkkkkkkknotkbekremovedkifk'f'kmodifierkiskusedkand/ork'-ed'kswitchkis kkkkkkkkkkkkapplied. kkkkpkkkkkkkPrintkfilektokstdout. kkkkkkkkkkkkYoukmaykusekthiskcommandktogetherkwithk-inulkswitchktokdisable kkkkkkkkkkkkallkRARkmessageskandkprintkonlykfilekdata.kItkmaykbekimportant kkkkkkkkkkkkwhenkyoukneedktoksendkakfilektokstdoutkforkusekinkpipes. kkkkrkkkkkkkRepairkarchive.kArchivekrepairingkiskperformedkinktwokstages. kkkkkkkkkkkkFirst,kthekdamagedkarchivekisksearchedkforkakrecoverykrecord kkkkkkkkkkkk(seek'rr'kcommand).kIfkthekarchivekcontainskakrecoverykrecord kkkkkkkkkkkkandkifkthekportionkofkthekdamagedkdatakiskcontinuouskandkless kkkkkkkkkkkkthankN*512kbytes,kwherekNkisknumberkofkrecoveryksectorskplaced kkkkkkkkkkkkintokthekarchive,kthekchancekofksuccessfulkarchive kkkkkkkkkkkkreconstructionkiskverykhigh.kWhenkthiskstagekhaskbeenkcompleted, kkkkkkkkkkkkaknewkarchivekwillkbekcreated,kcalledkfixed.arcname.rar, kkkkkkkkkkkkwherek'arcname'kiskthekoriginalk(damaged)karchivekname. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfkakbro enkarchivekdoesknotkcontainkakrecoverykrecordkorkif kkkkkkkkkkkkthekarchivekisknotkcompletelykrecoveredkduektokmajorkdamage,ka kkkkkkkkkkkksecondkstagekiskperformed.kDuringkthiskstagekonlykthekarchive kkkkkkkkkkkkstructurekiskreconstructedkandkitkiskimpossiblektokrecover kkkkkkkkkkkkfileskwhichkfailkthekCRCkvalidation,kitkiskstillkpossible, kkkkkkkkkkkkhowever,ktokrecoverkundamagedkfiles,kwhichkwerekinaccessible kkkkkkkkkkkkduektokthekbro enkarchivekstructure.kMostlykthiskiskuseful kkkkkkkkkkkkforknon-solidkarchives. kkkkkkkkkkkkWhenktheksecondkstagekiskcompleted,kthekreconstructedkarchive kkkkkkkkkkkkwillkbeksavedkaskrebuilt.arcname.rar,kwherek'arcname'kis kkkkkkkkkkkkthekoriginalkarchivekname. kkkkkkkkkkkkRAR/DOS32kversionkusesk_recover.rarkandk_reconst.rarkinstead kkkkkkkkkkkkofknameskmentionedkaboves. kkkkkkkkkkkkWhilekthekrecoverykiskinkprogress,kRARkmaykpromptkthekuserkfor kkkkkkkkkkkkassistancekwhenkaksuspiciouskfilekiskdetected. kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkSuspiciouskentry kkkkkkkkkkkkkkName:kk<possiblykfilename> kkkkkkkkkkkkkkSize:kk<size>kkkkPac ed:k<compressedksize> kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkAddkit:kYes/No/All

kkkkkkkkkkkkAnswerk'y'ktokaddkthiskentryktokthekfilekrebuilt.arcname.rar. kkkkkkkkkkkkExample: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkrkbuggy.rar kkkkrckkkkkkReconstructkmissingkandkdamagedkvolumeskusingkrecoverykvolumes kkkkkkkkkkkk(.revkfiles).kYoukneedktokspecifykanykexistingkvolume kkkkkkkkkkkkaskthekarchivekname,kforkexample,k'rarkrckbac up.part03.rar' kkkkkkkkkkkkReadk'rv'kcommandkdescriptionkforkinformationkabout kkkkkkkkkkkkrecoverykvolumes. kkkkrnkkkkkkRenamekarchivedkfiles. kkkkkkkkkkkkThekcommandksyntaxkis: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkrnk<arcname>k<srcname1>k<destname1>k...k<srcnameN>k<destnameN> kkkkkkkkkkkkForkexample,kthekfollowingkcommand:

kkkkkkkkkkkkItkiskallowedktokusekwildcardskinktheksourcekandkdestination kkkkkkkkkkkknameskforksimpleknamektransformationskli ekchangingkfile kkkkkkkkkkkkextensions.kForkexample:

kkkkkkkkkkkkwillkrenamekallk*.txtkfilesktok*.ba . kkkkkkkkkkkkRARkdoesknotkchec kifkthekdestinationkfileknamekiskalready kkkkkkkkkkkkpresentkinkthekarchive,ksokyoukneedktokbekcarefulktokavoid kkkkkkkkkkkkduplicatedknames.kItkiskespeciallykimportantkwhenkusing kkkkkkkkkkkkwildcards.kSuchkakcommandkiskpotentiallykdangerous,kbecause kkkkkkkkkkkkakwrongkwildcardkmaykcorruptkallkarchivedknames. kkkkrr[N]kkkAddkdatakrecoverykrecord.kOptionally,kredundantkinformation kkkkkkkkkkkk(recoverykrecord)kmaykbekaddedktokankarchive.kThiskwillkcause kkkkkkkkkkkkaksmallkincreasekofkthekarchiveksizekandkhelpsktokrecover kkkkkkkkkkkkarchivedkfileskinkcasekofkfloppykdis kfailurekorkdataklosseskof kkkkkkkkkkkkanykotherk ind.kAkrecoverykrecordkcontainskupktok524288krecovery kkkkkkkkkkkksectors.kTheknumberkofksectorskmaykbekspecifiedkdirectlykinkthe kkkkkkkkkkkk'rr'kcommandk(Nk=k1,k2k..k524288)kor,kifkitkisknotkspecifiedkby kkkkkkkkkkkkthekuser,kitkwillkbekselectedkautomaticallykaccordingktokthe kkkkkkkkkkkkarchiveksize:kaksizekofkthekrecoverykinformationkwillkbekabout kkkkkkkkkkkk1%kofkthektotalkarchiveksize,kusuallykallowingkthekrecoverykof kkkkkkkkkkkkupktok0.6%kofkthektotalkarchiveksizekofkcontinuouslykdamagedkdata. kkkkkkkkkkkkItkiskalsokpossiblektokspecifykthekrecoverykrecordksizekin kkkkkkkkkkkkpercentktokthekarchiveksize.kJustkappendkthekpercentkcharacter kkkkkkkkkkkktokthekcommandkparameter.kForkexample:

kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkrnkdata.rark*.txtk*.ba

kkkkkkkkkkkkwillkrenamekreadme.txtktokreadme.ba kandkinfo.txtktokinfo.ba kkkkkkkkkkkkinkthekarchivekdata.rar.

kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkrnkdata.rarkreadme.txtkreadme.ba kinfo.txtkinfo.ba

kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkrr3%karcname kkkkkkkkkkkkNotekthatkifkyoukrunkthiskcommandkfromk.batkork.cmdkfile, kkkkkkkkkkkkyoukneedktokusekrr3%%kinsteadkofkrr3%,kbecausekthekcommand kkkkkkkkkkkkprocessorktreatsktheksinglek'%'kcharacterkaskthekstartkof kkkkkkkkkkkkakbatchkfilekparameter.kYoukmaykalsokusek'p'kinsteadkofk'%', kkkkkkkkkkkksok'rr3p'kwillkwor ktoo. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfkdatakiskdamagedkcontinuously,kthenkeachkrr-sectorkhelpskto kkkkkkkkkkkkrecoverk512kbyteskofkdamagedkinformation.kThiskvaluekmaykbe kkkkkkkkkkkklowerkinkcaseskofkmultiplekdamage. kkkkkkkkkkkkTheksizekofkthekrecoverykrecordkmaykbekapproximatelykdetermined kkkkkkkkkkkkbykthekformulak<archiveksize>/256k+k<numberkofkrecovery kkkkkkkkkkkksectors>*512kbytes. kkkkrv[N]kkkCreatekrecoverykvolumesk(.revkfiles),kwhichkcankbeklater kkkkkkkkkkkkusedktokreconstructkmissingkandkdamagedkfileskinkakvolume kkkkkkkkkkkkset.kThiskcommandkma esksensekonlykforkmultivolumekarchives kkkkkkkkkkkkandkyoukneedktokspecifyktheknamekofkthekfirstkvolume kkkkkkkkkkkkinktheksetkaskthekarchivekname.kForkexample: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkrv3kdata.part01.rar kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskfeaturekmaykbekusefulkforkbac upskor,kforkexample, kkkkkkkkkkkkwhenkyoukpostedkakmultivolumekarchivektokaknewsgroup kkkkkkkkkkkkandkakpartkofksubscriberskdidknotkreceiveksomekofkthekfiles. kkkkkkkkkkkkRepostingkrecoverykvolumeskinsteadkofkusualkvolumes kkkkkkkkkkkkmaykreducekthektotalknumberkofkfilesktokrepost. kkkkkkkkkkkkEachkrecoverykvolumekiskablektokreconstructkonekmissing kkkkkkkkkkkkorkdamagedkRARkvolume.kForkexample,kifkyoukhavek30kvolumes kkkkkkkkkkkkandk3krecoverykvolumes,kyoukarekablektokreconstructkany kkkkkkkkkkkk3kmissingkvolumes.kIfktheknumberkofk.revkfileskisklesskthan kkkkkkkkkkkktheknumberkofkmissingkvolumes,kreconstructingkiskimpossible. kkkkkkkkkkkkThektotalknumberkofkusualkandkrecoverykvolumeskmustknot kkkkkkkkkkkkexceedk255. kkkkkkkkkkkkOriginalkRARkvolumeskmustknotkbekmodifiedkafterkcreating kkkkkkkkkkkkrecoverykvolumes.kRecoverykalgorithmkuseskdatakstoredkboth kkkkkkkkkkkkinkREVkfileskandkinkRARkvolumesktokrebuildkmissingkRARkvolumes. kkkkkkkkkkkkSokifkyoukmodifykRARkvolumes,kforkexample,kloc kthem,kafter kkkkkkkkkkkkcreatingkREVkfiles,krecoverykprocesskwillkfail. kkkkkkkkkkkkThekoptionalk<N>kparameterkspecifieskaknumberkofkrecovery kkkkkkkkkkkkvolumesktokcreatekandkmustkbeklesskthankthektotalknumber kkkkkkkkkkkkofkRARkvolumeskinkthekset.kYoukmaykalsokappendkakpercent kkkkkkkkkkkkcharacterktokthiskparameter,kinksuchkcasektheknumberkof kkkkkkkkkkkkcreatingk.revkfileskwillkbekequalktokthiskpercentkta en kkkkkkkkkkkkfromkthektotalknumberkofkRARkvolumes.kForkexample: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkrv15%kdata.part01.rar kkkkkkkkkkkkRARkreconstructskmissingkandkdamagedkvolumeskeitherkwhen kkkkkkkkkkkkusingk'rc'kcommandkorkautomatically,kifkitkcannotklocate kkkkkkkkkkkktheknextkvolumekandkfindskthekrequiredknumberkofk.revkfiles kkkkkkkkkkkkwhenkunpac ing. kkkkkkkkkkkkOriginalkcopieskofkdamagedkvolumeskarekrenamedktok*.bad

kkkkkkkkkkkkbeforekreconstruction.kForkexample,kvolname.part03.rar kkkkkkkkkkkkwillkbekrenamedktokvolname.part03.rar.bad. kkkkkkkkkkkk kkkks[name]kConvertkarchivektokSFX.kThekarchivekiskmergedkwithkakSFXkmodule kkkkkkkkkkkk(usingkakmodulekinkfilekdefault.sfxkorkspecifiedkinkthekswitch). kkkkkkkkkkkkInkthekWindowskversionkdefault.sfxkshouldkbekplacedkinkthe kkkkkkkkkkkksamekdirectorykaskthekrar.exe,kinkUnixk-kinkthekuser's kkkkkkkkkkkkhomekdirectory,kink/usr/libkork/usr/local/lib. kkkks-kkkkkkRemovekSFXkmodulekfromkthekalreadykexistingkSFXkarchive. kkkkkkkkkkkkRARkcreateskaknewkarchivekwithoutkSFXkmodule,kthekoriginal kkkkkkkkkkkkSFXkarchivekisknotkdeleted. kkkktkkkkkkkTestkarchivekfiles.kThiskcommandkperformskakdummykfile kkkkkkkkkkkkextraction,kwritingknothingktokthekoutputkstream,kinkorderkto kkkkkkkkkkkkvalidatekthekspecifiedkfile(s). kkkkkkkkkkkkExamples: kkkkkkkkkkkkTestkarchiveskinkcurrentkdirectory: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarktk* kkkkkkkkkkkkorkforkUnix: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarktk'*' kkkkkkkkkkkkUserkmayktestkarchiveskinkallksub-directories,kstarting kkkkkkkkkkkkwithkthekcurrentkpath: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarktk-rk* kkkkkkkkkkkkorkforkUnix: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarktk-rk'*' kkkkukkkkkkkUpdatekfileskinkarchive.kAddskfilesknotkyetkinkthekarchive kkkkkkkkkkkkandkupdateskfileskthatkhavekbeenkchangedksincektheykwerekpac ed kkkkkkkkkkkkintokthekarchive. kkkkv[t,b]kkVerboselyklistkthekcontentskofkarchivek[technical]. kkkkkkkkkkkkFileskareklistedkusingkthekformat:kfullkpathname,kfilekcomment, kkkkkkkkkkkkoriginalkandkcompressedksize,kcompressionkratio,klastkupdate kkkkkkkkkkkkdatekandktime,kattributes,kCRC,kcompressionkmethodkandkminimum kkkkkkkkkkkkRARkversionkrequiredktokextract.kOptionalktechnicalkinformation kkkkkkkkkkkk(hostkOS,ksolidkflagkandkoldkfilekversionkflag)kiskdisplayed kkkkkkkkkkkkwhenk't'kmodifierkiskused.kModifierk'b'kforceskRARktokoutput kkkkkkkkkkkkonlykbarekfileknameskwithoutkanykadditionalkinformation. kkkkkkkkkkkkToklistkthekcontentskofkallkarchivekvolumes,kusekankasteris kkkkkkkkkkkk('*')kinkplacekofkthekarchivekfilekextensionkorkusekthek'-v' kkkkkkkkkkkkswitch. kkkkkkkkkkkkExample: kkkkkkkkkkkk1)klistkcontentskofksystem.rarkarchivek(technicalkmode) kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkandkredirectkoutputktokfilektechlist.lst

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkrarkvtksystemk>techlist.lst kkkkkkkkkkkk2)klistkcontentskofktutorial.rarkarchivek(barekfileknameskmode) kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkrarkvbktutorial kkkkxkkkkkkkExtractkfileskwithkfullkpath. kkkkkkkkkkkkExample: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkxk-av-k-c-kdimek10cents.txt kkkkkkkkkkkkextractkspecifiedkfilektokcurrentkpath.kAVkchec kandkcomment kkkkkkkkkkkkshowkarekdisabled. kkkkSwitchesk(usedkinkconjunctionkwithkakcommand): kkkk-?kkkkkkDisplaykhelpkonkcommandskandkswitches.kTheksamekaskwhenknone kkkkkkkkkkkkorkankillegalkcommandklinekoptionkiskentered. kkkk--kkkkkkStopkswitcheskscanning kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskswitchktellsktokRARkthatktherekareknokmorekswitches kkkkkkkkkkkkinkthekcommandkline.kItkcouldkbekuseful,kifkeitherkarchive kkkkkkkkkkkkorkfileknamekstartskfromk'-'kcharacter.kWithoutk'--'kswitch kkkkkkkkkkkksuchkaknamekwouldkbektreatedkaskakswitch. kkkkkkkkkkkkExample: kkkkkkkkkkkkaddkallkfileskfromkthekcurrentkdirectoryktoktheksolidkarchive kkkkkkkkkkkk'-StrangeName' kkkkkkkkkkkkRARkak-sk--k-StrangeName kkkk-ackkkkkClearkArchivekattributekafterkcompressionkorkextraction kkkkkkkkkkkk(Windowskversionkonly). kkkk-adkkkkkAppendkarchiveknamektokdestinationkpath. kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskoptionkmaykbekusefulkwhenkunpac ingkakgroupkofkarchives. kkkkkkkkkkkkBykdefaultkRARkplaceskfileskfromkallkarchiveskinktheksame kkkkkkkkkkkkdirectory,kbutkthiskswitchkcreateskakseparatekdirectory kkkkkkkkkkkkforkfileskunpac edkfromkeachkarchive. kkkkkkkkkkkkExample: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkxk-adk*.rarkdata\ kkkkkkkkkkkkRARkwillkcreateksubdirectorieskbelowk'data'kforkeverykunpac ing kkkkkkkkkkkkarchive. kkkk-ag[format] kkkkkkkkkkkkGeneratekarchiveknamekusingkthekcurrentkdatekandktime.

kkkkkkkkkkkkAppendskthekcurrentkdatekstringktokankarchiveknamekwhen kkkkkkkkkkkkcreatingkankarchive.kUsefulkforkdailykbac ups. kkkkkkkkkkkkFormatkofkthekappendingkstringkiskdefinedkbykthekoptional kkkkkkkkkkkk"format"kparameterkorkbyk"YYYYMMDDHHMMSS"kifkthiskparameter kkkkkkkkkkkkiskabsent.kThekformatkstringkmaykincludekthekfollowing kkkkkkkkkkkkcharacters: kkkkkkkkkkkkYkkk-kyear kkkkkkkkkkkkMkkk-kmonth kkkkkkkkkkkkMMMk-kmonthknamekasktextkstringk(Jan,kFeb,ketc.) kkkkkkkkkkkkWkkk-kakwee knumberk(akwee kstartskwithkMonday) kkkkkkkkkkkkAkkk-kdaykofkwee knumberk(Mondaykisk1,kSundayk-k7) kkkkkkkkkkkkDkkk-kdaykofkmonth kkkkkkkkkkkkEkkk-kdaykofkyear kkkkkkkkkkkkHkkk-khours kkkkkkkkkkkkMkkk-kminutesk(treatedkaskminuteskifkencounteredkafterkhours) kkkkkkkkkkkkSkkk-kseconds kkkkkkkkkkkkNkkk-karchiveknumber.kRARksearcheskforkalreadykexistingkarchive kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkwithkgeneratedknamekandkifkfound,kincrementskthekarchive kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkknumberkuntilkgeneratingkakuniquekname.k'N'kformatkcharacter kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkisknotksupportedkwhenkcreatingkvolumes. kkkkkkkkkkkkEachkofkformatkstringkcharactersklistedkabovekrepresentskonly kkkkkkkkkkkkonekcharacterkaddedktokarchivekname.kForkexample,kusekWWkfor kkkkkkkkkkkktwokdigitkwee knumberkorkYYYYktokdefinekfourkdigitkyear. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfkthekfirstkcharacterkinkthekformatkstringkisk'+',kpositions kkkkkkkkkkkkofkthekdatekstringkandkbasekarchiveknamekarekexchanged, kkkkkkkkkkkksokakdatekwillkprecedekankarchivekname. kkkkkkkkkkkkThekformatkstringkmaykcontainkoptionalktextkenclosedkink'{' kkkkkkkkkkkkandk'}'kcharacters.kThisktextkiskinsertedkintokarchivekname. kkkkkkkkkkkkAllkotherkcharacterskarekaddedktokankarchiveknamekwithout kkkkkkkkkkkkchanges. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfkyoukneedktokupdatekankalreadykexistingkarchive,kbekcareful kkkkkkkkkkkkwithk-agkswitch.kDependingkonkthekformatkstringkandktimekpassed kkkkkkkkkkkksincekpreviousk-agkuse,kgeneratedkandkexistingkarchiveknames kkkkkkkkkkkkmaykmismatch.kInkthiskcasekRARkwillkcreatekaknewkarchive kkkkkkkkkkkkinsteadkofkupdatingkthekalreadykexisting. kkkkkkkkkkkkExamples: kkkkkkkkkkkk1)kusekthekdefaultkYYYYMMDDHHMMSSkformat kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-agkbac up kkkkkkkkkkkk2)kusekDD-MMM-YYkformat kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-agDD-MMM-YYkbac up kkkkkkkkkkkk3)kusekYYYYMMDDHHMMkformat,kplacekdatekbeforek'bac up' kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-ag+YYYYMMDDHHMMkbac up kkkkkkkkkkkk4)kusekYYYY-WW-Akformat,kincludekfieldskdescription

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-agYYYY{year}-WW{wee }-A{wday}kbac up kkkkkkkkkkkk5)kusekYYYYMMDDkandkthekarchiveknumber.kItkallowsktokgenerate kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkuniqueknameskevenkwhenkYYYYMMDDkformatkmas kusedkmorekthan kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkoncekinktheksamekday kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-agYYYYMMDD-NNkbac up kkkk kkkk-aikkkkkIgnorekfilekattributes. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfkthiskswitchkiskusedkwhenkextracting,kRARkdoesknotkset kkkkkkkkkkkkgeneralkfilekattributeskstoredkinkarchivektokextractedkfiles. kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskswitchkpreserveskattributeskassignedkbykoperatingksystem kkkkkkkkkkkktokaknewlykcreatedkfile. kkkkkkkkkkkkInkWindowskitkaffectskarchive,ksystem,khiddenkandkread-only kkkkkkkkkkkkattributes.kinkUnixk-kuser,kgroup,kandkotherskfilekpermissions. kkkk-aokkkkkAddkfileskwithkArchivekattributekset kkkkkkkkkkkk(Windowskversionkonly). kkkkkkkkkkkkExample: kkkkkkkkkkkkaddkallkdis kC:kfileskwithkArchivekattributekset kkkkkkkkkkkktokthek'f:bac up'kandkclearkfileskArchivekattribute kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-rk-ack-aokf:bac upkc:\*.* kkkk-apkkkkkSetkpathkinsidekarchive.kThiskpathkiskmergedktokfile kkkkkkkkkkkknameskwhenkaddingkfilesktokankarchivekandkremoved kkkkkkkkkkkkfromkfileknameskwhenkextracting. kkkkkkkkkkkkForkexample,kifkyoukwishktokaddkthekfilek'readme.txt' kkkkkkkkkkkktokthekdirectoryk'DOCS\ENG'kofkarchivek'release', kkkkkkkkkkkkyoukmaykrun: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-apDOCS\ENGkreleasekreadme.txt kkkkkkkkkkkkorktokextractk'ENG'ktokthekcurrentkdirectory: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkxk-apDOCSkreleasekDOCS\ENG\*.* kkkk-askkkkkSynchronizekarchivekcontents kkkkkkkkkkkkIfkthiskswitchkiskusedkwhenkarchiving,kthosekarchivedkfiles kkkkkkkkkkkkwhichkareknotkpresentkinktheklistkofkthekcurrentlykadded kkkkkkkkkkkkfiles,kwillkbekdeletedkfromkthekarchive.kItkiskconvenientkto kkkkkkkkkkkkusekthiskswitchkinkcombinationkwithk-uk(update)ktoksynchronize kkkkkkkkkkkkcontentskofkankarchivekandkankarchivingkdirectory. kkkkkkkkkkkkForkexample,kafterkthekcommand: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-uk-askbac upksources\*.cpp kkkkkkkkkkkkthekarchivek'bac up.rar'kwillkcontainkonlyk*.cppkfiles

kkkkkkkkkkkkfromkdirectoryk'sources',kallkotherkfileskwillkbekdeleted kkkkkkkkkkkkfromkthekarchive.kItkloo sksimilarktokcreatingkaknewkarchive, kkkkkkkkkkkkbutkwithkonekimportantkexception:kifknokfileskarekmodified kkkkkkkkkkkksincektheklastkbac up,kthekoperationkiskperformedkmuchkfaster kkkkkkkkkkkkthankthekcreationkofkaknewkarchive. kkkk-avkkkkkPutkauthenticitykverificationk(registeredkversionskonly). kkkkkkkkkkkkRARkwillkput,kinkeveryknewkandkupdatedkarchive,kinformation kkkkkkkkkkkkconcerningkthekcreator,klastkupdatektimekandkarchivekname. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfkankarchive,kcontainingkauthenticitykverification,kiskbeing kkkkkkkkkkkkmodifiedkandkthiskswitchkisknotkspecified,kthekauthenticity kkkkkkkkkkkkverificationkinformationkwillkbekremoved. kkkkkkkkkkkkWhenkextracting,ktesting,klistingkorkupdatingkankarchivekwith kkkkkkkkkkkkthek'-av'kswitch,kRARkwillkperformkintegritykvalidationkand kkkkkkkkkkkkdisplaykthekmessage: kkkkkkkkkkkkkkVerifyingkauthenticitykinformationk... kkkkkkkkkkkkInkthekcasekofksuccessfulkauthenticitykverification,k kkkkkkkkkkkkmessagek'O ',kcreatorknamekandklastkupdatekinformationkwillkbe kkkkkkkkkkkkdisplayed.kInkthekcasekofkauthenticitykverificationkfailure, kkkkkkkkkkkkmessagek'FAILED'kwillkbekdisplayed. kkkkkkkkkkkkRARkauthenticitykverificationkcankbekforgedkandkdoesknot kkkkkkkkkkkkprovidektheksameklevelkofksecuritykaskmodernkdigitalksignature kkkkkkkkkkkkschemeskbasedkonkpublick eykinfrastructure.kWekrecommendk kkkkkkkkkkkktokusekthiskRARkfeaturekaskinformationalkonly,kli ekakspecial kkkkkkkkkkkkarchivekcomment.kAvoidkitkinksituations,kwhenkaccurate kkkkkkkkkkkkinformationkaboutkarchivekcreatorkiskimportant. kkkkkkkkkkkkInkorderktokenablekthekauthenticitykverificationkfeature, kkkkkkkkkkkkthekprogramkmustkbekregistered.kPleasekcontactkyourklocal kkkkkkkkkkkkdistributionksitekorkthekworld-widekdistributionkcenter. kkkk-av-kkkkDisablekauthenticitykverificationkchec ingkorkadding. kkkk-cfg-kkkIgnorekconfigurationkfilekandkRARkenvironmentkvariable. kkkk-clkkkkkConvertkfileknamesktoklowerkcase. kkkk-cukkkkkConvertkfileknamesktokupperkcase. kkkk-c-kkkkkDisablekcommentskshow. kkkk-dfkkkkkDeletekfileskafterkarchiving kkkkkkkkkkkkMovekfilesktokarchive.kThiskswitchkinkcombinationkwith kkkkkkkkkkkkthekcommandk"A"kperformsktheksamekactionkaskthekcommandk"M". kkkkkkkkkkk kkkk-dhkkkkkOpenksharedkfiles

kkkkkkkkkkkkAllowsktokprocesskfileskopenedkbykotherkapplications kkkkkkkkkkkkforkwriting. kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskswitchkhelpskifkankapplicationkallowedkreadkaccess kkkkkkkkkkkktokfile,kbutkifkallktypeskofkfilekaccesskarekprohibited, kkkkkkkkkkkkthekfilekopenkoperationkwillkstillkfail. kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskoptionkcouldkbekdangerous,kbecausekitkallows kkkkkkkkkkkktokarchivekakfile,kwhichkatktheksamektimekiskmodified kkkkkkkkkkkkbykanotherkapplication,ksokusekitkcarefully. kkkk-drkkkkkDeletekfilesktokRecyclekBin kkkkkkkkkkkkDeletekfileskafterkarchivingkandkplacekthemktokRecyclekBin. kkkkkkkkkkkkAvailablekinkWindowskversionkonly. kkkkkkkkkkk kkkk-dskkkkkDoknotksortkfileskwhilekaddingktokaksolidkarchive. kkkk-dwkkkkkWipekfileskafterkarchiving kkkkkkkkkkkkDeletekfileskafterkarchiving.kBeforekdeletingkfilekdata kkkkkkkkkkkkarekoverwrittenkbykzerokbytesktokpreventkrecoverykof kkkkkkkkkkkkdeletedkfiles. kkkk-edkkkkkDoknotkaddkemptykdirectories kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskswitchkindicateskthatkdirectorykrecordskareknotktokbe kkkkkkkkkkkkstoredkinkthekcreatedkarchive.kWhenkextractingksuchkarchives, kkkkkkkkkkkkRARkcreatesknon-emptykdirectorieskbasingkonkpathskofkfiles kkkkkkkkkkkkcontainedkinkthem.kInformationkaboutkemptykdirectorieskis kkkkkkkkkkkklost.kAllkattributeskofknon-emptykdirectorieskexceptkakname kkkkkkkkkkkk(accesskrights,kstreams,ketc.)kwillkbeklostkaskwell,ksokuse kkkkkkkkkkkkthiskswitchkonlykifkyoukdoknotkneedktokpreserveksuchkinformation. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfk-edkiskusedkwithk'm'kcommandkork-dfkswitch,kRARkwillknot kkkkkkkkkkkkremovekemptykdirectories. kkkk-eekkkkkDoknotkprocesskextendedkattributes kkkkkkkkkkkkDisablesksavingkandkrestoringkextendedkfilekattributes. kkkkkkkkkkkkOnlykforkOS/2kversions.

kkkkkkkkkkkkBykdefault,kRARkaddskank"endkofkarchive"kbloc ktokthekendkof kkkkkkkkkkkkaknewkorkupdatedkarchive.kItkallowsktoks ipkexternalkdatakli e kkkkkkkkkkkkdigitalksignaturesksafely,kbutkinksomekspecialkcaseskitkmaykbe kkkkkkkkkkkkusefulktokdisablekthiskfeature.kForkexample,kifkankarchive kkkkkkkkkkkkisktransferredkbetweenktwoksystemskviakankunreliableklin kand kkkkkkkkkkkkatktheksamektimekaksenderkaddsknewkfilesktokit,kitkmaykbe kkkkkkkkkkkkimportantktokbeksurekthatkthekalreadykreceivedkfilekpartkwill kkkkkkkkkkkknotkbekmodifiedkonkthekotherkendkbetweenktransferksessions.

kkkk-enkkkkkDoknotkaddk"endkofkarchive"kbloc

kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskswitchkcannotkbekusedkwithkvolumes,kbecausekthekend kkkkkkkkkkkkofkarchivekbloc kcontainskinformationkimportantkforkcorrect kkkkkkkkkkkkvolumekprocessing.k kkkk-epkkkkkExcludekpathskfromknames.kThiskswitchkenableskfilesktokbekadded kkkkkkkkkkkktokankarchivekwithoutkincludingkthekpathkinformation.kThis kkkkkkkkkkkkcould,kofkcourse,kresultkinkmultiplekfileskexistingkinkthe kkkkkkkkkkkkarchivekwithktheksamekname. kkkk-ep1kkkkExcludekbasekdirkfromknames.kDoknotkstorekthekpathkenteredkin kkkkkkkkkkkkthekcommandkline. kkkkkkkkkkkkExample: kkkkkkkkkkkkallkfileskandkdirectorieskfromkthekdirectoryktmpkwillkbekadded kkkkkkkkkkkktokthekarchivek'test',kbutkthekpathkinkarchivedknameskwillknot kkkkkkkkkkkkincludek'tmp\' kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-ep1k-rktestktmp\* kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskiskequivalentktokthekcommands: kkkkkkkkkkkkcdktmp kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-rk..\test kkkkkkkkkkkkcdk.. kkkk-ep2kkkkExpandkpathsktokfull.kStorekfullkfilekpathsk(exceptkakdrive kkkkkkkkkkkkletterkandkleadingkpathkseparator)kwhenkarchiving. kkkk kkkk-ep3kkkkExpandkpathsktokfullkincludingkthekdrivekletter. kkkkkkkkkkkkWin32kversionkonly. kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskswitchkstoreskfullkfilekpathskincludingkthekdrive kkkkkkkkkkkkletterkifkusedkwhenkarchiving.kDrivekseparatorsk(colons) kkkkkkkkkkkkarekreplacedkbykunderscorekcharacters. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfkyoukusek-ep3kwhenkextracting,kitkwillkchange kkkkkkkkkkkkunderscoreskbac ktokcolonskandkcreatekunpac edkfiles kkkkkkkkkkkkinktheirkoriginalkdirectorieskandkdis s.kIfkthekuser kkkkkkkkkkkkalsokspecifiedkakdestinationkpath,kitkwillkbekignored. kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskswitchkcankhelpktokbac upkseveralkdis sktoktheksame kkkkkkkkkkkkarchive.kForkexample,kyoukmaykrun: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-ep3k-rkbac up.rarkc:\kd:\ke:\ kkkkkkkkkkkktokcreatekbac upkand: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkxk-ep3kbac up.rar kkkkkkkkkkkktokrestorekit. kkkkkkkkkkkkButkbekcautiouskandkusek-ep3konlykifkyoukareksurekthat kkkkkkkkkkkkextractingkarchivekdoesknotkcontainkanykmaliciouskfiles. kkkkkkkkkkkkInkotherkwords,kusekitkifkyoukhavekcreatedkankarchivekyourself kkkkkkkkkkkkorkcompletelyktrustkitskauthor.kThiskswitchkallowsktokoverwrite

kkkkkkkkkkkkanykfilekinkanyklocationkonkyourkcomputerkincludingkimportant kkkkkkkkkkkksystemkfileskandkshouldknormallykbekusedkonlykforkthekpurpose kkkkkkkkkkkkofkbac upkandkrestore. kkkk-e[+]<attr> kkkkkkkkkkkkSpecifieskfilekexcludekorkincludekattributeskmas . kkkkkkkkkkkk<attr>kiskaknumberkinkthekdecimal,koctalk(withkleadingk'0') kkkkkkkkkkkkorkhexk(withkleadingk'0x')kformat. kkkkkkkkkkkkBykdefault,kwithoutk'+'ksignkbeforek<attr>,kthiskswitch kkkkkkkkkkkkdefineskthekexcludekmas .kSokifkresultkofkbitwisekANDkbetween kkkkkkkkkkkk<attr>kandkfilekattributeskisknonzero,kfilekwouldknotkbe kkkkkkkkkkkkprocessed. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfk'+'ksignkiskpresent,kitkspecifieskthekincludekmas . kkkkkkkkkkkkOnlykthosekfileskwhichkhavekatkleastkonekattributekspecified kkkkkkkkkkkkinkthekmas kwillkbekprocessed. kkkkkkkkkkkkInkWindowskversionkiskalsokpossiblektokuseksymbolskD,kS,kH, kkkkkkkkkkkkAkandkRkinsteadkofkakdigitalkmas ktokdenotekdirectories kkkkkkkkkkkkandkfileskwithksystem,khidden,karchivekandkread-onlykattributes. kkkkkkkkkkkkThekorderkinkwhichkthekattributeskarekgivenkisknotksignificant. kkkkkkkkkkkkUnixkversionksupportskDkandkVksymbolsktokdefinekdirectory kkkkkkkkkkkkandkdevicekattributes. kkkkkkkkkkkkItkiskallowedktokspecifykbothk-e<attr>kandk-e+<attr> kkkkkkkkkkkkinktheksamekcommandkline. kkkkkkkkkkkkExamples: kkkkkkkkkkkk1)karchivekonlykdirectoryknameskwithoutktheirkcontents kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-rk-e+dkdirs kkkkkkkkkkkk2)kdoknotkcompressksystemkandkhiddenkfiles: kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-eshkfiles kkkkkkkkkkkk3)kdoknotkextractkread-onlykfiles: kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkrarkxk-erkfiles kkkk-fkkkkkkFreshenkfiles.kMaykbekusedkwithkarchivekextractionkorkcreation. kkkkkkkkkkkkThekcommandkstringk"ak-f"kiskequivalentktokthekcommandk'f',kyou kkkkkkkkkkkkcouldkalsokusekthekswitchk'-f'kwithkthekcommandsk'm'kork'mf'.kIf kkkkkkkkkkkkthekswitchk'-f'kiskusedkwithkthekcommandsk'x'kork'e',kthenkonly kkkkkkkkkkkkoldkfileskwouldkbekreplacedkwithknewkversionskextractedkfromkthe kkkkkkkkkkkkarchive. kkkk-hp[p]kkEncryptkbothkfilekdatakandkheaders. kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskswitchkisksimilarktok-p[p],kbutkswitchk-pkencrypts kkkkkkkkkkkkonlykfilekdatakandkleaveskotherkinformationkli ekfileknames kkkkkkkkkkkkvisible.kThiskswitchkencryptskallksensitivekarchivekareas kkkkkkkkkkkkincludingkfilekdata,kfileknames,ksizes,kattributes,kcomments kkkkkkkkkkkkandkotherkbloc s,ksokitkprovideskakhigherksecurityklevel.

kkkkkkkkkkkkWithoutkakpasswordkitkiskimpossiblektokviewkevenktheklistkof kkkkkkkkkkkkfileskinkarchivekencryptedkwithk-hp. kkkkkkkkkkkkExample: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-hpfGzq5yKwksecretkreport.txt kkkkkkkkkkkkwillkaddkthekfilekreport.txtktokthekencryptedkarchive kkkkkkkkkkkksecret.rarkusingkthekpasswordk'fGzq5yKw' kkkk-id[c,d,p,q] kkkkkkkkkkkkDisablekmessages. kkkkkkkkkkkkSwitchk-idckdisableskthekcopyrightkstring. kkkkkkkkkkkkSwitchk-iddkdisablesk"Done"kstringkatkthekendkofkoperation. kkkkkkkkkkkkSwitchk-idpkdisableskthekpercentagekindicator. kkkkkkkkkkkkSwitchk-idqkturnskonkthekquietkmode,ksokonlykerrorkmessages kkkkkkkkkkkkandkquestionskarekdisplayed. kkkkkkkkkkkkItkiskallowedktokusekseveralkmodifierskatkonce, kkkkkkkkkkkksokswitchk-idcdpkiskcorrect. kkkk-ieml[.][addr] kkkkkkkkkkkkSendkarchivekbykemail.kWin32kversionkonly. kkkkkkkkkkkkAttachkankarchivekcreatedkorkupdatedkbykthekaddkcommand kkkkkkkkkkkktokemailkmessage.kYoukneedktokhavekakMAPIkcompliantkemail kkkkkkkkkkkkclientktokusekthiskswitchk(mostkmodernkemailkprograms kkkkkkkkkkkksupportkMAPIkinterface). kkkkkkkkkkkkYoukmaykenterkakdestinationkemailkaddresskdirectly kkkkkkkkkkkkinkthekswitchkorkleavekitkblan .kInktheklatterkcasekyou kkkkkkkkkkkkwillkbekas edkforkitkbykyourkemailkprogram.kItkiskpossible kkkkkkkkkkkktokspecifykseveralkaddresseskseparatedkbykcommaskorksemicolons. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfkyoukappendkakdotkcharacterktok-ieml,kankarchivekwillkbe kkkkkkkkkkkkdeletedkafterkitkwasksuccessfullykattachedktokankemail. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfkthekswitchkiskusedkwhenkcreatingkakmultivolumekarchive, kkkkkkkkkkkkeverykvolumekiskattachedktokakseparatekemailkmessage. kkkk-ierrkkkSendkallkmessagesktokstderr. kkkk-ilog[name] kkkkkkkkkkkkLogkerrorsktokfilek(registeredkversionkonly). kkkkkkkkkkkkWritekerrorkmessagesktokrar.logkfile.kIfkoptionalk'name' kkkkkkkkkkkkparameterkisknotkspecified,ktheklogkfilekiskcreated kkkkkkkkkkkkusingkthekfollowingkdefaults: kkkkkkkkkkkkUnix:kkkk.rarlogkfilekinkthekuser'skhomekdirectory; kkkkkkkkkkkkWindows:krar.logkfilekink%APPDATA%\WinRARkdirectory; kkkkkkkkkkkkDOS:kkkkkrar.logkfilekinktheksamekdirectorykaskthekrar32.exe.

kkkkkkkkkkkkIfk'name'kparameterkincludeskakfileknamekwithoutkpath, kkkkkkkkkkkkRARkwillkcreatektheklogkfilekinkdefaultkdirectorykfrom kkkkkkkkkkkktheklistkabovekusingkthekspecifiedkname.kIncludekbothkpath kkkkkkkkkkkkandknamektok'name'kparameterkifkyoukwishktokchange kkkkkkkkkkkktheklocationkofklogkfile. kkkkkkkkkkkkExample: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-ilogc:\log\bac up.logkbac upkd:\docs kkkkkkkkkkkkwillkcreatekc:\log\bac up.logklogkfilekinkcasekofkerrors. kkkk-inulkkkDisablekallkmessages. kkkk-ioffkkkTurnkPCkoffkafterkcompletingkankoperation.kThekhardwarekmust kkkkkkkkkkkksupportkthekpowerkoffkfeature.kWin32kversionkonly. kkkk-isndkkkEnableksound. kkkk- kkkkkkLoc karchive.kAnykcommandkwhichkintendsktokchangekthekarchive kkkkkkkkkkkkwillkbekignored. kkkk- bkkkkkKeepkbro enkextractedkfiles. kkkkkkkkkkkkRAR,kbykdefault,kdeleteskfileskwithkCRCkerrorskafter kkkkkkkkkkkkextraction.kThekswitchk- bkspecifieskthatkfileskwith kkkkkkkkkkkkCRCkerrorskshouldknotkbekdeleted. kkkk-m<n>kkkSetkcompressionkmethod: kkkkkkk-m0kkkstorekkkkkdoknotkcompresskfilekwhenkaddingktokarchive kkkkkkk-m1kkkfastestkkkusekfastestkmethodk(lesskcompressive) kkkkkkk-m2kkkfastkkkkkkusekfastkcompressionkmethod kkkkkkk-m3kkknormalkkkkuseknormalk(default)kcompressionkmethod kkkkkkk-m4kkkgoodkkkkkkusekgoodkcompressionkmethodk(more kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkcompressive,kbutkslower) kkkkkkk-m5kkkbestkkkkkkusekbestkcompressionkmethodk(slightlykmore kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkcompressive,kbutkslowest) kkkkkkkkkkkkIfkthiskswitchkisknotkspecified,kRARkusesk-m3kmethod kkkkkkkkkkkk(normalkcompression). kkkkkkkkkkkkBykdefault,kRARkuseskonlykthekgeneralkcompression kkkkkkkkkkkkalgorithmkink-m1kandk-m2kmethods,kadvancedkalgorithms kkkkkkkkkkkkli ekaudiokandktruekcolorkprocessingkarekenabled kkkkkkkkkkkkonlykink-m3..-m5kmodes,kthekadvancedktextkcompression kkkkkkkkkkkkiskactivatedkonlykink-m4..-m5.kThiskdefaultkcankbe kkkkkkkkkkkkoverriddenkusingk-mckswitch. kkkk-mc<par> kkkkkkkkkkkkSetkadvancedkcompressionkparameters. kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskswitchkiskintendedkmainlykforkbenchmar ingkand

kkkkkkkkkkkkexperiments.kInkthekrealkenvironmentkitkiskusuallykbetter kkkkkkkkkkkktokallowkRARktokselectkoptimalkparameterskautomatically. kkkkkkkkkkkkPleaseknotekthatkimproperkusekofkthiskswitchkmayklead kkkkkkkkkkkktokverykseriouskperformancekandkcompressionkloss,ksokuse kkkkkkkkkkkkitkonlykifkyoukclearlykunderstandkwhatkyoukdo. kkkkkkkkkkkkItkhaskthekfollowingksyntax: kkkkkkkkkkkk-mc[param1][:param2][module][+kork-] kkkkkkkkkkkkwherek<module>kiskthekonekcharacterkfieldkdenotingkakpart kkkkkkkkkkkkofkthekcompressionkalgorithm,kwhichkhasktokbekconfigured. kkkkkkkkkkkkItkmaykhavekthekfollowingkvalues: kkkkkkkkkkkkkkAkkkkkkk-kaudiokcompression; kkkkkkkkkkkkkkCkkkkkkk-ktruekcolork(RGB)kdatakcompression; kkkkkkkkkkkkkkDkkkkkkk-kdeltakcompression; kkkkkkkkkkkkkkEkkkkkkk-k32-bitkx86kexecutableskcompression; kkkkkkkkkkkkkkIkkkkkkk-k64-bitkIntelkItaniumkexecutableskcompression; kkkkkkkkkkkkkkTkkkkkkk-ktextkcompression. kkkkkkkkkkkk'+'ksignkatkthekendkofkswitchkapplieskthekselectedkalgorithm kkkkkkkkkkkkmodulektokallkprocessedkdata,k'-'kdisableskthekmodulekatkall. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfknoksignkiskspecified,kRARkwillkchoosekmoduleskautomatically, kkkkkkkkkkkkbasedkonkdatakandkthekcurrentkcompressionkmethod. kkkkkkkkkkkkSwitchk-mc-kdisableskallkoptionalkmoduleskandkallowskonly kkkkkkkkkkkkthekgeneralkcompressionkalgorithm. kkkkkkkkkkkk<Param1>kandk<Param2>karekmodulekdependentkparameters kkkkkkkkkkkkdescribedkbelow. kkkkkkkkkkkkAudiokcompression,kdeltakcompression: kkkkkkkkkkkk<Param1>kiskaknumberkofkbytekchannelsk(cankbek1k-k31). kkkkkkkkkkkkRARksplitskmultibytekchannelsktokbytes,kforkexample, kkkkkkkkkkkktwok16-bitkaudiokchannelskarekconsideredkbykRARkaskfour kkkkkkkkkkkkchannelskonekbytekeach. kkkkkkkkkkkk<Param2>kiskignored. kkkkkkkkkkkk32-bitkx86kIntelkexecutableskcompression, kkkkkkkkkkkk64-bitkIntelkItaniumkexecutableskcompression, kkkkkkkkkkkktruekcolork(RGB)kdatakcompression: kkkkkkkkkkkk<Param1>kandk<Param2>karekignored. kkkkkkkkkkkkTextkcompression:k kkkkkkkkkkkk<Param1>kiskthekorderkofkPPMkalgorithmk(cankbek2k-k63). kkkkkkkkkkkkUsuallykakhigherkvaluekslightlykincreaseskthekcompressionkratio kkkkkkkkkkkkofkredundantkdata,kbutkonlykifkenoughkmemorykiskavailable kkkkkkkkkkkktokPPM.kInkcasekofklac kofkmemorykthekresultkmaykbeknegative. kkkkkkkkkkkkHigherkorderkvalueskdecreasekbothkcompressionkandkdecompression kkkkkkkkkkkkspeed. kkkkkkkkkkkk<Param2>kiskmemorykinkmegabyteskallocatedkforkPPMk(1-128).

kkkkkkkkkkkkHigherkvalueskmaykincreasekthekcompressionkratio,kbutknote kkkkkkkkkkkkthatkPPMkuseskthekequalkmemoryksizekbothktokcompresskand kkkkkkkkkkkkdecompress,ksokifkyoukallocatektookmuchkmemorykwhenkcreating kkkkkkkkkkkkankarchive,kotherkpeoplekmaykhavekproblemskwhenkdecompressing kkkkkkkkkkkkitkonkakcomputerkwithklesskmemorykinstalled.kDecompression kkkkkkkkkkkkwillkbekstillkpossiblekusingkvirtualkmemory,kbutkitkmay kkkkkkkkkkkkbecomekverykslow. kkkkkkkkkkkkExamples: kkkkkkkkkkkk1)kswitchk-mc1a+kforceskusekofk8-bitkmonokaudiokcompression kkkkkkkkkkkkforkallkdata. kkkkkkkkkkkk2)kswitchk-mc10:40t+kforceskusekofktextkcompression kkkkkkkkkkkkalgorithmkforkallkdata,ksetskthekcompressionkorderktok10 kkkkkkkkkkkkandkallocatesk40kMBkmemory. kkkkkkkkkkkk3)kswitchk-mc12tksetskthektextkcompressionkorderktok12, kkkkkkkkkkkkwhenkthektextkcompressionkiskused,kbutkleavesktokRARkto kkkkkkkkkkkkdecidekwhenktokusekit. kkkkkkkkkkkk4)kswitchesk-mct-k-mcd-kdisablektextkandkdeltakcompression. kkkk-md<n>kkSelectkdictionaryksizek<n>kinkKB.kMustkbek64,k128,k256,k512, kkkkkkkkkkkk1024,k2048kork4096korkakletterk'a',k'b',k'c',k'd',k'e',k'f',k'g' kkkkkkkkkkkkrespectively. kkkkkkkkkkkkThekslidingkdictionarykiskakspecialkmemorykareakusedkbykthe kkkkkkkkkkkkcompressionkalgorithm.kIfktheksizekofkthekfilekbeingkcompressed kkkkkkkkkkkk(orkthektotalkfilesksizekinkthekcasekofkaksolidkarchive)kis kkkkkkkkkkkkgreaterkthankthekdictionaryksize,kthenkincreasingkthekdictionary kkkkkkkkkkkksizekwillkgenerallykincreasekcompressionkratio,kdecreasekpac ing kkkkkkkkkkkkspeedkandkincreasekmemorykrequirements. kkkkkkkkkkkkRARkcankreducekthekdictionaryksizekifkitkisksignificantly kkkkkkkkkkkklargerkthanktheksizekofktheksourcekdata.kItkhelpsktokreduce kkkkkkkkkkkkmemorykrequirementskwithoutkdecreasingkcompression. kkkkkkkkkkkkDefaultkslidingkdictionaryksizekisk4096kKB. kkkkkkkkkkkkExample: kkkkkkkkkkkkRARkak-sk-mddksourcesk*.asm kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkor kkkkkkkkkkkkRARkak-sk-md512ksourcesk*.asm kkkkkkkkkkkkWillkcreatekaksolidkarchivekusingkak512kKBkdictionary. kkkk-ms[list] kkkkkkkkkkkkSpecifykfilektypesktokstore. kkkkkkkkkkkkSpecifykfilektypes,kwhichkwillkbekstoredkwithoutkcompression. kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskswitchkmaykbekusedktokstorekalreadykcompressedkfiles, kkkkkkkkkkkkwhichkhelpsktokincreasekarchivingkspeedkwithoutknoticeable kkkkkkkkkkkklosskinkthekcompressionkratio. kkkkkkkkkkkkOptionalk<list>kparameterkdefinesktheklistkofkfilekextensions

kkkkkkkkkkkkseparatedkbyksemicolons.kForkexample,k-msrar;zip;jpgkwill kkkkkkkkkkkkforcekRARktokstorekwithoutkcompressionkallkRARkandkZIP kkkkkkkkkkkkarchiveskandkJPGkimages.kItkiskalsokallowedktokspecifykwildcard kkkkkkkkkkkkfilekmas skinktheklist,ksok-ms*.rar;*.zip;*.jpgkwillkwor ktoo. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfk<list>kisknotkspecified,k-mskswitchkwillkusekthekdefault kkkkkkkkkkkksetkofkextensions,kwhichkincludeskthekfollowingkfilektypes: kkkkkkkkkkkk7z,kace,karj,kbz2,kcab,kgz,kjpeg,kjpg,klha,klzh,kmp3, kkkkkkkkkkkkrar,ktaz,ktgz,kz,kzip kkkk-mt<threads> kkkkkkkkkkkkSetktheknumberkofkthreads.kAvailablekinkWindowskversionkonly. kkkkkkkkkkkk<threads>kparameterkcankta ekvalueskfromk0ktok16. kkkkkkkkkkkkItkdefineskthekrecommendedknumberkofkactivekthreads kkkkkkkkkkkkforkcompressionkalgorithm.kIfkitkiskgreaterkthank0, kkkkkkkkkkkkRARkwillkusekthekmultithreadedkversionkofkcompression kkkkkkkkkkkkalgorithmkprovidingkhigherkspeedkonkmultiprocessor kkkkkkkkkkkkarchitectures.kRealknumberkofkactivekthreadskcankdiffer kkkkkkkkkkkkfromkthekspecified. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfk<threads>kiskzero,kRARkwillkusektheksinglekthreaded kkkkkkkkkkkkcompressionkalgorithm. kkkkkkkkkkkkChangekofk<threads>kparameterkslightlykaffectskthekcompression kkkkkkkkkkkkratio,ksokarchiveskcreatedkwithkdifferentk-mtkswitches kkkkkkkkkkkkwillknotkbekexactlyktheksamekevenkifkallkotherkcompression kkkkkkkkkkkksettingskarekequal. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfk-mtkswitchkisknotkspecified,kRARkwillktryktokdetect kkkkkkkkkkkktheknumberkofkavailablekprocessorskandkselectkthekoptimal kkkkkkkkkkkknumberkofkthreadskautomatically. kkkk-n<f>kkkIncludekonlykthekspecifiedkfilek<f>.kWildcardskmaykbekused kkkkkkkkkkkkbothkinktheknamekandkfilekpartskofkfilekmas .kYoukmaykspecify kkkkkkkkkkkkthekswitchk'-n'kseveralktimes. kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskswitchkdoesknotkreplacekusualkfilekmas s,kwhichkstill kkkkkkkkkkkkneedktokbekenteredkinkthekcommandkline.kItkiskankadditional kkkkkkkkkkkkfilterklimitingkprocessedkfileskonlyktokthosekmatching kkkkkkkkkkkkthekincludekmas kspecifiedkink-nkswitch.kItkcankhelpkto kkkkkkkkkkkkreducekthekcommandklineklengthksometimes. kkkkkkkkkkkkForkexample,kifkyoukneedktokcompresskallk*.txtkandk*.lst kkkkkkkkkkkkfileskinkdirectorieskProjectkandkInfo,kyoukcankenter: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-rktextkProject\*.txtkProject\*.lstkInfo\*.txtkInfo\*.lst kkkkkkkkkkkkorkusingkthekswitchk-n: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-rk-n*.txtk-n*.lstktextkProjectkInfo kkkk-n@<lf>kIncludekfilesklistedkinkthekspecifiedklistkfile. kkkkkkkkkkkkSimilarktok-n<f>kswitch,kbutkreadskincludekmas skfrom kkkkkkkkkkkktheklistkfile.kIfkyoukusek-n@kwithoutktheklistkfilekname

kkkkkkkkkkkkparameter,kitkwillkreadkfileknameskfromkstdin. kkkkkkkkkkkkExample: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-rk-n@inclist.txtktextkProjectkInfo kkkk-ockkkkkSetkNTFSkCompressedkattribute.kWin32kversionkonly. kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskswitchkallowsktokrestorekNTFSkCompressedkattribute kkkkkkkkkkkkwhenkextractingkfiles.kRARksaveskCompressedkfilekattributes kkkkkkkkkkkkwhenkcreatingkankarchive,kbutkdoesknotkrestorekthemkunless kkkkkkkkkkkk-ockswitchkiskspecified. kkkk-olkkkkkSaveksymbolicklin skasktheklin kinsteadkofkthekfile. kkkkkkkkkkkkUnixkversionkonly. kkkk-orkkkkkRenamekextractedkfileskautomaticallykifkfilekwithktheksamekname kkkkkkkkkkkkalreadykexists.kRenamedkfilekwillkgetktheknamekli e kkkkkkkkkkkk'filename(N).txt',kwherek'filename.txt'kiskthekoriginalkfile kkkkkkkkkkkknamekandk'N'kiskaknumberkstartingkfromk1kandkincrementing kkkkkkkkkkkkifkfilekexists. kkkk-oskkkkkSavekNTFSkstreams.kWin32kversionkonly. kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskswitchkhaskmeaningkonlykforkNTFSkfileksystemkandkallows kkkkkkkkkkkktoksavekalternativekdatakstreamskassociatedkwithkakfile. kkkkkkkkkkkkItkiskespeciallykimportantkinkWindowsk2000,kXPkandknewer, kkkkkkkkkkkkwhichkusekstreamsktok eepksomekfilekdependentkinformation kkkkkkkkkkkkli ekfilekdescriptions.kIfkyoukusekRARktokbac upkyour kkkkkkkkkkkkNTFSkdis s,kitkiskrecommendedktokspecifykthiskswitch. kkkk-owkkkkkUsekthiskswitchkwhenkarchivingktoksavekfileksecurity kkkkkkkkkkkkinformationkandkwhenkextractingktokrestorekit. kkkkkkkkkkkkUnixkRARkversionksaveskfilekownerkandkgroupkwhenkusing kkkkkkkkkkkkthiskswitch. kkkkkkkkkkkkWin32kversionkstoreskowner,kgroup,kfilekpermissionskand kkkkkkkkkkkkauditkinformation,kbutkonlykifkyoukhaveknecessarykprivileges kkkkkkkkkkkktokreadkthem.kNotekthatkonlykNTFSkfileksystemksupports kkkkkkkkkkkkfilekbasedksecuritykunderkWindows. kkkk-o[+|-]kSetkthekoverwritekmode.kCankbekusedkbothkwhenkextracting kkkkkkkkkkkkandkupdatingkarchivedkfiles.kFollowingkmodeskarekavailable: kkkkkkkkkkkkkk-okkkkkkkkkkkAs kbeforekoverwrite kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk(defaultkforkextractingkfiles); kkkkkkkkkkkkkk-o+kkkkkkkkkkOverwritekall kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk(defaultkforkupdatingkarchivedkfiles); kkkkkkkkkkkkkk-o-kkkkkkkkkkS ipkexistingkfiles. kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

kkkk-p[p]kkkEncryptkfileskwithkthekstringk<p>kaskpasswordkwhilekarchiving. kkkkkkkkkkkkThekpasswordkiskcase-sensitive.kIfkyoukomitkthekpasswordkonkthe kkkkkkkkkkkkcommandkline,kyoukwillkbekpromptedkwithkmessagek"Enterkpassword". kkkkkkkkkkkkExample: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-pmyhoneyksecret1k*.txt kkkkkkkkkkkkaddkfilesk*.txtkandkencryptkthemkwithkpasswordk"myhoney". kkkk-p-kkkkkDoknotkquerykpassword kkkk-rkkkkkkRecurseksubdirectories.kMaykbekusedkwithkcommands: kkkkkkkkkkkka,ku,kf,km,kx,ke,kt,kp,kv,kl,kc,kcfkandks. kkkkkkkkkkkkWhenkusedkwithkthekcommandsk'a',k'u',k'f',k'm'kwillkprocess kkkkkkkkkkkkfileskinkallksub-directorieskaskwellkaskthekcurrentkwor ing kkkkkkkkkkkkdirectory. kkkkkkkkkkkkWhenkusedkwithkthekcommandskx,ke,kt,kp,kv,kl,kc,kcfkorkskwill kkkkkkkkkkkkprocesskallkarchiveskinksub-directorieskaskwellkaskthekcurrent kkkkkkkkkkkkwor ingkdirectory. kkkk-r-kkkkkDisablekrecursion. kkkkkkkkkkkkEvenkwithoutk-rkswitchkRARkcankenablekthekrecursion kkkkkkkkkkkkautomaticallykinksomeksituations.kSwitchk-r-kprohibitskit. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfkyoukspecifykakdirectoryknamekwhenkarchivingkandkifksuchk kkkkkkkkkkkknamekdoesknotkincludekwildcards,kbykdefaultkRARkadds kkkkkkkkkkkkthekdirectorykcontentskevenkifkswitchk-rkisknotkspecified. kkkkkkkkkkkkAlsokRARkautomaticallykenableskthekrecursionkifkdis kroot kkkkkkkkkkkkwithoutkwildcardskiskspecifiedkaskakfilekmas .kSwitchk-r-k kkkkkkkkkkkkdisablesksuchkbehavior.k kkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkkkForkexample: kkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-r-karckdirname kkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkkkcommandkwillkaddkonlykthekemptyk'dirname'kdirectorykandkignorek kkkkkkkkkkkkitskcontents.kFollowingkcommand: kkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-r-karckc:\ kkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkkkwillkcompresskcontentskofkrootkc:kdirectorykonlykandk kkkkkkkkkkkkwillknotkrecursekintoksubdirectories. kkkk-r0kkkkkSimilarktok-r,kbutkwhenkusedkwithkthekcommandsk'a',k'u',k'f', kkkkkkkkkkkk'm'kwillkrecurseksubdirectorieskonlykforkthoseknames,kwhich kkkkkkkkkkkkincludekwildcardkcharactersk'*'kandk'?' kkkk-ri<p>[:<s>] kkkkkkkkkkkkSetkprioritykandksleepktime.kAvailablekonlykinkRARkforkWindows. kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskswitchkregulatesksystemkloadkbykRARkinkmultitas ing kkkkkkkkkkkkenvironment.kPossiblektas kpriorityk<p>kvalueskarek0k-k15.

kkkkkkkkkkkkIfk<p>kisk0,kRARkuseskthekdefaultktas kpriority. kkkkkkkkkkkk<p>kequalktok1ksetsktheklowestkpossiblekpriority, kkkkkkkkkkkk15k-kthekhighestkpossible. kkkkkkkkkkkkSleepktimek<s>kiskakvaluekfromk0ktok1000k(milliseconds). kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskiskakperiodkofktimekthatkRARkgiveskbac ktoktheksystem kkkkkkkkkkkkafterkeverykreadkorkwritekoperationkwhilekcompressing kkkkkkkkkkkkorkextracting.kNon-zerok<s>kmaykbekusefulkifkyoukneedktokreduce kkkkkkkkkkkksystemkloadkevenkmorekthankcankbekachievedkwithk<p>kparameter. kkkkkkkkkkkkExample: kkkkkkkkkkkkexecutekRARkwithkdefaultkprioritykandk10kmsksleepktime: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-ri0:10kbac upk*.* kkkk-rr[N]kkAddkakdatakrecoverykrecord.kThiskswitchkiskusedkwhenkcreating kkkkkkkkkkkkorkmodifyingkankarchivektokaddkakdatakrecoverykrecordkto kkkkkkkkkkkkthekarchive.kSeekthek'rr[N]'kcommandkdescriptionkforkdetails. kkkk-rv[N]kkCreatekrecoverykvolumes.kThiskswitchkiskusedkwhenkcreating kkkkkkkkkkkkakmultivolumekarchivektokgeneratekrecoverykvolumes. kkkkkkkkkkkkSeekthek'rv[N]'kcommandkdescriptionkforkdetails. kkkk-skkkkkkCreateksolidkarchive.kSolidkiskakspecialkarchivektype.kPlease kkkkkkkkkkkkreferktokthekappendixk"Glossary"kforkfurtherkinformation. kkkkkkkkkkkkExample: kkkkkkkkkkkkcreateksolidkarchiveksources.rarkwithk512kKBkdictionary, kkkkkkkkkkkkrecursingkallkdirectories,kstartingkwithkthekcurrentkdirectory. kkkkkkkkkkkkAddkonlyk.asmkfiles: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-sk-md512ksources.rark*.asmk-r kkkk-s<N>kkkCreateksolidkgroupskusingkfilekcount kkkkkkkkkkkkSimilarktok-s,kbutkresetksolidkstatisticskafterkcompressing kkkkkkkkkkkk<N>kfiles.kUsuallykdecreaseskcompression,kbutkalso kkkkkkkkkkkkdecreasesklosseskinkcasekofksolidkarchivekdamages. kkkk-sc<charset>[objects] kkkkkkkkkkkkSpecifykthekcharacterksetkforklistkfileskandkarchive kkkkkkkkkkkkcommentkfiles. kkkkkkkkkkkk'Charset'kparameterkiskmandatorykandkcankhavekone kkkkkkkkkkkkofkthekfollowingkvalues: kkkkkkkkkkkkkkUk-kUnicode; kkkkkkkkkkkkkkAk-kANSIk(Windows)kencoding.kWindowskversionkonly; kkkkkkkkkkkkkkOk-kOEMk(DOS)kencoding.kWindowskversionkonly. kkkkkkkkkkkkFileskinkUnicodekformatkmustkhavekFFFEkorkFEFFkUnicode kkkkkkkkkkkkcharacterkinkthekbeginning,kotherwisekRARkwillkignore

kkkkkkkkkkkkthiskswitchkandkprocesskthekfilekaskASCIIktext. kkkkkkkkkkkk'Objects'kparameterkiskoptionalkandkcankhavekonekof kkkkkkkkkkkkthekfollowingkvalues: kkkkkkkkkkkkkkLk-klistkfiles; kkkkkkkkkkkkkkCk-kcommentkfiles. kkkkkkkkkkkkItkiskallowedktokspecifykmorekthankonekobject,kforkexample, kkkkkkkkkkkk-scolc.kIfk'objects'kparameterkiskmissing,k'charset'kiskapplied kkkkkkkkkkkktokallkobjects. kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskswitchkallowsktokspecifykthekcharacterksetkforkfiles kkkkkkkkkkkkink-z[file]kswitch,klistkfileskandkcommentkfileskwrittenkby kkkkkkkkkkkk"cw"kcommand. kkkkkkkkkkkkExamples: kkkkkkkkkkkk1)krarkak-scolkdatak@list kkkkkkkkkkkkReadknameskcontainedkink'list'kusingkOEMkencoding. kkkkkkkkkkkk2)krarkck-scuck-zcomment.txtkdata kkkkkkkkkkkkReadkcomment.txtkaskUnicodekfile. kkkkkkkkkkkk3)krarkcwk-scuckdatakcomment.txt kkkkkkkkkkkkWritekcomment.txtkaskUnicodekfile. kkkk-sekkkkkCreateksolidkgroupskusingkextension kkkkkkkkkkkkSimilarktok-s,kbutkresetksolidkstatisticskifkfilekextension kkkkkkkkkkkkiskchanged.kUsuallykdecreaseskcompression,kbutkalso kkkkkkkkkkkkdecreasesklosseskfromksolidkarchivekdamages. kkkk-sfx[name] kkkkkkkkkkkkCreatekSFXkarchives.kIfkthiskswitchkiskusedkwhenkcreatingkaknew kkkkkkkkkkkkarchive,kakSelf-Extractingkarchivek(usingkakmodulekinkfile kkkkkkkkkkkkdefault.sfxkorkspecifiedkinkthekswitch)kwouldkbekcreated. kkkkkkkkkkkkInkthekWindowskversionkdefault.sfxkshouldkbekplacedkinkthe kkkkkkkkkkkksamekdirectorykaskthekrar.exe,kinkUnixk-kinkthekuser's kkkkkkkkkkkkhomekdirectory,kink/usr/libkork/usr/local/lib. kkkkkkkkkkkkExample: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-sfxwincon.sfxkmyinst kkkkkkkkkkkkcreatekSelF-eXtractingk(SFX)karchivekusingkwincon.sfx kkkkkkkkkkkkSFX-module. kkkk-si[name] kkkkkkkkkkkkReadkdatakfromkstdink(standardkinput),kwhenkcreating kkkkkkkkkkkkankarchive.kOptionalk'name'kparameterkallowsktokspecify kkkkkkkkkkkkakfileknamekofkcompressedkstdinkdatakinkthekcreated kkkkkkkkkkkkarchive.kIfkthiskparameterkiskmissing,ktheknamekwillkbe kkkkkkkkkkkksetktok'stdin'.kThiskswitchkcannotkbekusedkwithk-v.

kkkkkkkkkkkkExample: kkkkkkkkkkkktypekTree.Fark|krarkak-siTree.Farktree.rar kkkkkkkkkkkkwillkcompressk'typekTree.Far'koutputkask'Tree.Far'kfile. kkkk-sl<size> kkkkkkkkkkkkProcesskonlykthosekfiles,kwhichksizekisklesskthan kkkkkkkkkkkkspecifiedkink<size>kparameterkofkthiskswitch. kkkkkkkkkkkkParameterk<size>kmustkbekspecifiedkinkbytes. kkkk-sm<size> kkkkkkkkkkkkProcesskonlykthosekfiles,kwhichksizekiskmorekthan kkkkkkkkkkkkspecifiedkink<size>kparameterkofkthiskswitch. kkkkkkkkkkkkParameterk<size>kmustkbekspecifiedkinkbytes. kkkk-svkkkkkCreatekindependentksolidkvolumes kkkkkkkkkkkkBykdefaultkRARktriesktokresetksolidkstatisticskasksoon kkkkkkkkkkkkaskpossiblekwhenkstartingkaknewkvolume,kbutkonlyk kkkkkkkkkkkkifkenoughkdatakwaskpac edkafterkakpreviouskreset kkkkkkkkkkkk(atkleastkakfewkmegabytes). kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskswitchkforceskRARktokignorekpac edkdataksizekandkattempt kkkkkkkkkkkktokresetkstatisticskforkvolumeskofkanyksize.kItkdecreases kkkkkkkkkkkkcompression,kbutkincreaseskchancesktokextractkakpartkofkdatak kkkkkkkkkkkkifkonekofkseveralksolidkvolumeskinkakvolumeksetkwasklost kkkkkkkkkkkkorkdamaged. kkkkkkkkkkkkNotekthatksometimeskRARkcannotkresetkstatisticskeven kkkkkkkkkkkkusingkthiskswitch.kForkexample,kitkcannotkbekdonekwhenk kkkkkkkkkkkkcompressingkoneklargekfileksplitkbetweenkseveralkvolumes. kkkkkkkkkkkkRARkiskablektokresetksolidkstatisticskonlykbetweenkseparatek kkkkkkkkkkkkfiles,kbutknotkinsidekofksinglekfile. kkkkkkkkkkkkIgnoredkifkusedkwhenkcreatingkaknon-volumekarchive. kkkk-sv-kkkkCreatekdependentksolidkvolumes kkkkkkkkkkkkDisablesktokresetksolidkstatisticskbetweenkvolumes. kkkkkkkkkkkkItkslightlykincreaseskcompression,kbutksignificantlykreducesk kkkkkkkkkkkkchancesktokextractkakpartkofkdatakifkonekofkseveralksolid kkkkkkkkkkkkvolumeskinkakvolumeksetkwasklostkorkdamaged. kkkkkkkkkkkkIgnoredkifkusedkwhenkcreatingkaknon-volumekarchive. kkkk-s-kkkkkDisableksolidkarchiving kkkk-tkkkkkkTestkfileskafterkarchiving.kThiskswitchkiskespecially kkkkkkkkkkkkusefulkinkcombinationkwithkthekmovekcommand,ksokfileskwillkbe kkkkkkkkkkkkdeletedkonlykifkthekarchivekhadkbeenksuccessfullyktested.

kkkk-ta<date> kkkkkkkkkkkkProcesskonlykfileskmodifiedkafterkthekspecifiedkdate. kkkkkkkkkkkkFormatkofkthekdatekstringkiskYYYYMMDDHHMMSS. kkkkkkkkkkkkItkiskallowedktokinsertkseparatorskli ek'-'kork':'kto kkkkkkkkkkkkthekdatekstringkandkomitktrailingkfields.kForkexample, kkkkkkkkkkkkthekfollowingkswitchkiskcorrect:k-ta2001-11-20 kkkkkkkkkkkkInternallykitkwillkbekexpandedktok-ta20011120000000 kkkkkkkkkkkkandktreatedkask"fileskmodifiedkafterk0khourk0kminutes kkkkkkkkkkkk0ksecondskofk20kNovemberk2001". kkkk-tb<date> kkkkkkkkkkkkProcesskonlykfileskmodifiedkbeforekthekspecifiedkdate. kkkkkkkkkkkkFormatkofkthekswitchkisktheksamekask-ta<date>. kkkk-t kkkkkKeepkoriginalkarchivekdate.kPreventskRARkfromkmodifyingkthe kkkkkkkkkkkkarchivekdatekwhenkchangingkankarchive. kkkk-tlkkkkkSetkarchivektimektoknewestkfile.kForceskRARktoksetkthekdatekofka kkkkkkkkkkkkchangedkarchivektokthekdatekofktheknewestkfilekinkthekarchive. kkkk-tn<time> kkkkkkkkkkkkProcesskfilesknewerkthankthekspecifiedktimekperiod.kFormat kkkkkkkkkkkkofkthektimekstringkis: kkkkkkkkkkkk[<ndays>d][<nhours>h][<nminutes>m][<nseconds>s] kkkkkkkkkkkkForkexample,kusekswitchk-tn15dktokprocesskfilesknewer kkkkkkkkkkkkthank15kdayskandk-tn2h30mktokprocesskfilesknewerkthan kkkkkkkkkkkk2khoursk30kminutes. kkkk-to<time> kkkkkkkkkkkkProcesskfileskolderkthankthekspecifiedktimekperiod.kFormat kkkkkkkkkkkkofkthekswitchkisktheksamekask-tn<time>. kkkk-ts<m,c,a>[N] kkkkkkkkkkkkSavekorkrestorekfilektimek(modification,kcreation,kaccess). kkkkkkkkkkkkSwitchk-tsmkinstructskRARktoksavekfilekmodificationktime, kkkkkkkkkkkk-tsck-kcreationktimekandktsak-klastkaccessktime.kOptional kkkkkkkkkkkkparameterkafterkthekswitchkisktheknumberkbetweenk0kandk4 kkkkkkkkkkkkcontrollingkthekfilektimekprecision.kValuek'1'kenables kkkkkkkkkkkk1ksecondkprecision,k2k-k0.0065536ksec,k3k-k0.0000256kseckand kkkkkkkkkkkk4kork'+'kenableskthekmaximumkNTFSktimekprecision,kwhichkis kkkkkkkkkkkkequalktok0.0000001ksec.kValuek'0'kork'-'kmeanskthatkcreation kkkkkkkkkkkkandkaccessktimekareknotksavedkandklowk(twokseconds)kprecision kkkkkkkkkkkkiskusedkforkmodificationktime.kHigherkprecisionkmodeskadd kkkkkkkkkkkkmorekdataktokarchive,kupktok19kadditionalkbyteskperkfile kkkkkkkkkkkkinkcasekofk-tsm4k-tsa4k-tsc4kcombination.kIfknokprecision kkkkkkkkkkkkiskspecified,kRARkusesk'4'k(high)kvalue. kkkkkkkkkkkkDefaultkRARkmodekisk-tsm4k-tsc0k-tsa0,ksokmodificationktime kkkkkkkkkkkkiskstoredkwithkthekhighkprecisionkandkotherktimeskarekignored.

kkkkkkkkkkkkItkisknecessaryktokspecifyk-tsckandk-tsakswitchesktokset kkkkkkkkkkkkcreationkandkaccessktimekwhenkunpac ingkfilesk(precision kkkkkkkkkkkkiskirrelevant,kbutkmustknotkbek0).kBykdefaultkRARksets kkkkkkkkkkkkonlykthekmodificationktime,kevenkifkarchivekcontains kkkkkkkkkkkkcreationkandklastkaccessktime.kSettingkthekmodification kkkkkkkkkkkktimektokunpac edkfileskmaykbekalsokdisabledkwithk-tsm-. kkkkkkkkkkkkItkiskpossiblektokomitkthektimektypekletterkifkyoukneed kkkkkkkkkkkktokapplykthekswitchktokallkthreektimes.kForkexample, kkkkkkkkkkkk-tsm4k-tsa4k-tsc4kcankbekreplacedkbyk-ts4,k-ts+kork-ts. kkkkkkkkkkkkUsek-ts-ktoksavekonlyktheklowkprecisionkmodificationktime kkkkkkkkkkkkorktokignorekallkthreekfilektimeskonkunpac ing. kkkkkkkkkkkkWhenkcreatingkankarchive,kRARkautomaticallykreduces kkkkkkkkkkkkthekprecisionkifkhighkmodekisknotksupportedkbykthekfile kkkkkkkkkkkksystem.kItkisknotkmorekthank2ksecondskonkFATkandk1ksecond kkkkkkkkkkkkinkUnix.kNTFSktimekprecisionkisk0.0000001ksecond. kkkkkkkkkkkkOperatingksystemsklimitkwhichktimekcankbeksetkonkunpac ing. kkkkkkkkkkkkWindowskallowsktoksetkallkthreektimes,kUnixk-kmodification kkkkkkkkkkkkandklastkaccess,kbutknotkcreation,kDOSksupportskonly kkkkkkkkkkkkthekmodificationktime. kkkkkkkkkkkkExamples: kkkkkkkkkkkk1)krarkak-tskbac up kkkkkkkkkkkkStorekallkfilektimeskwithkthekhighestkpossiblekprecision. kkkkkkkkkkkk2)krarkxk-tsakbac up kkkkkkkkkkkkRestorekmodificationkandklastkaccessktime.kSwitchk-tsm kkkkkkkkkkkkisknotkrequired,kbecausekRARkuseskitkbykdefault. kkkkkkkkkkkk3)krarkak-tsm1k-tsc1kbac up kkkkkkkkkkkkStoreklowkprecisionkmodificationkandkcreationktime. kkkkkkkkkkkkWithoutk-tsm1kRARkwouldksavekthekhighkprecisionkmodification kkkkkkkkkkkktime. kkkk-ukkkkkkUpdatekfiles.kMaykbekusedkwithkarchivekextractionkorkcreation. kkkkkkkkkkkkThekcommandkstringk"ak-u"kiskequivalentktokthekcommandk'u',kyou kkkkkkkkkkkkcouldkalsokusekthekswitchk'-u'kwithkthekcommandsk'm'kork'mf'.kIf kkkkkkkkkkkkthekswitchk'-u'kiskusedkwithkthekcommandsk'x'kork'e',kthenkfiles kkkkkkkkkkkknotkpresentkonkthekdis kandkfilesknewerkthanktheirkcopieskonkthe kkkkkkkkkkkkdis kwouldkextractedkfromkthekarchive. kkkk-vkkkkkkCreatekvolumeskwithksizekautodetectionkorklistkallkvolumes kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskswitchkmaykbekusedkwhenkcreatingkorklistingkvolumes. kkkkkkkkkkkkInkthekfirstkcasekitkenableskvolumeksizekautodetection, kkkkkkkkkkkksoknewkvolumeskwillkusekallkavailablekspacekonkthekdestination kkkkkkkkkkkkmedia.kItkiskconvenientkwhenkcreatingkvolumeskonkremovable kkkkkkkkkkkkdis s.kYoukmaykreadkmorekaboutkvolumeskink-v<size>kdescription. kkkkkkkkkkkkInktheksecondkcase,kwhenkthiskswitchkiskusedktogetherkwith

kkkkkkkkkkkk'V'kork'L'kcommand,kitkforceskRARktoklistkcontentskofkall kkkkkkkkkkkkvolumeskstartingkfromkthatkspecifiedkinkthekcommandkline. kkkkkkkkkkkkWithoutkthiskswitchkRARkdisplayskcontentskofkonlykoneksingle kkkkkkkkkkkkspecifiedkvolume. kkkk-v<size>[ |b|f|m|M|g|G] kkkkkkkkkkkkCreatekvolumeskwithksize=<size>*1000k[*1024k|k*1]. kkkkkkkkkkkkBykdefaultkthiskswitchkusesk<size>kaskthousandsk(1000)kofkbytes kkkkkkkkkkkk(notk1024kxkbytes).kYoukmaykalsokenterktheksizekink ilobytes kkkkkkkkkkkkusingktheksymbolk' ',kinkbyteskusingktheksymbolk'b', kkkkkkkkkkkkmegabytesk-k'm',kmillionskofkbytesk-k'M',kgigabytesk-k'g', kkkkkkkkkkkkbillionsk(milliards)kofkbytesk-k'G'korkselectkonekofkseveral kkkkkkkkkkkkpredefinedkvalueskusingktheksymbolk'f'kfollowingktheknumerical kkkkkkkkkkkkvalue.kPredefinedkvalueskcankbek360,k720,k1200,k1440kork2880 kkkkkkkkkkkkandkreplacedkwithkcorrespondingkfloppykdis ksize. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfktheksizekiskomitted,kautodetectionkwillkbekused. kkkkkkkkkkkkYoukmaykspecifykseveralk-vkswitchesktoksetkdifferentksizes kkkkkkkkkkkkforkdifferentkvolumes.kForkexample: kkkkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-v100 k-v200 k-v300 karcname kkkkkkkkkkkksetsk100kKBksizekforkfirstkvolume,k200kKBkforksecond kkkkkkkkkkkkandk300kKBkforkallkfollowingkvolumes. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfkvolumeskarekcreatedkonkremovablekmedia,kthenkafter kkkkkkkkkkkkthekcreationkofkthekfirstkvolume,kthekuserkwillkbekprompted kkkkkkkkkkkkwith: kkkkkkkkkkkkkkCreateknextkvolume:kYes/No/All kkkkkkkkkkkkAtkthiskmomentkinktime,kyoukshouldkchangekthekdis s.kAnswering kkkkkkkkkkkk'A'kwillkcausekallkvolumesktokbekcreatedkwithoutkakpause. kkkkkkkkkkkkBykdefaultkRARkvolumeskhaveknameskli ek'volname.partNNN.rar', kkkkkkkkkkkkwherekNNNkiskthekvolumeknumber.kUsingk-vnkswitchkitkisk kkkkkkkkkkkkpossiblektokswitchktokanother,kextensionkbasedknamingkscheme, kkkkkkkkkkkkwherekthekfirstkvolumekfilekinkakmulti-volumeksetkhas kkkkkkkkkkkkthekextensionk.rar,kfollowingkvolumeskareknumberedkfromk.r00 kkkkkkkkkkkktok.r99. kkkkkkkkkkkkWhenkextractingkorktestingkakmulti-volumekarchivekyoukmustkuse kkkkkkkkkkkkonlykthekfirstkvolumekname.kIfktherekisknoknextkvolume kkkkkkkkkkkkonkthekdrivekandkthekdis kiskremovable,kthekuserkwillkbe kkkkkkkkkkkkpromptedkwith: kkkkkkkkkkkkkInsertkdis kwithk<nextkvolumekname> kkkkkkkkkkkkInsertkthekdis kwithkthekcorrectkvolumekandkpresskanyk ey. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfkwhilekextracting,ktheknextkvolumekisknotkfoundkandkvolumes kkkkkkkkkkkkarekplacedkonktheknon-removablekdis ,kRARkwillkabortkwith kkkkkkkkkkkkthekerrorkmessage: kkkkkkkkkkkkkCannotkfindk<volumekname> kkkkkkkkkkkkArchivekvolumeskmayknotkbekmodified.kThekcommandsk'd',k'f',k'u', kkkkkkkkkkkk's'kcannotkbekusedkwithkMulti-volumeksets.kThekcommandk'a'kmay

kkkkkkkkkkkkbekusedkonlykforkthekcreationkofkaknewkmulti-volumeksequence. kkkkkkkkkkkkItkiskpossible,kalthoughkunli ely,kthatkthekfileksize,kofkakfile kkkkkkkkkkkkinkakmulti-volumekset,kcouldkbekgreaterkthankitskuncompressed kkkkkkkkkkkksize.kThiskiskduektokthekfactkthatk'storing'k(nokcompressionkif kkkkkkkkkkkksizekincreases)kcannotkbekenabledkforkmulti-volumeksets. kkkkkkkkkkkkArchivekvolumeskmaykbekSelf-Extractingk(SFX).kSuchkankarchive kkkkkkkkkkkkshouldkbekcreatedkusingkbothkthek'-v'kandk'-sfx'kswitches. kkkkkkkkkkkkExample: kkkkkkkkkkkkcreatekarchivekinkvolumeskofkfixedksize: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-sk-v1440kfloparch.rark*.* kkkkkkkkkkkkwillkcreateksolidkvolumeskofksizek1440000kbytes. kkkk-vdkkkkkErasekdis kcontentskbeforekcreatingkvolume kkkkkkkkkkkkAllkfileskandkdirectorieskonkthektargetkdis kwillkbekerased kkkkkkkkkkkkwhenk'-vd'kiskused.kkThekswitchkapplieskonlyktokremovable kkkkkkkkkkkkmedia,kthekhardkdis kcannotkbekerasedkusingkthiskswitch. kkkk-ver[n]kFilekversionkcontrol kkkkkkkkkkkkForceskRARktok eepkpreviouskfilekversionskwhenkupdating kkkkkkkkkkkkfileskinkthekalreadykexistingkarchive.kOldkversionskare kkkkkkkkkkkkrenamedktok'filename;n',kwherek'n'kiskthekversionknumber. kkkkkkkkkkkkBykdefault,kwhenkunpac ingkankarchivekwithoutkthekswitch kkkkkkkkkkkk-ver,kRARkextractskonlyktheklastkaddedkfilekversion,kthekname kkkkkkkkkkkkofkwhichkdoesknotkincludekaknumericksuffix.kButkifkyoukspecify kkkkkkkkkkkkakfileknamekexactly,kincludingkakversion,kitkwillkbekalso kkkkkkkkkkkkunpac ed.kForkexample,k'rarkxkarcname'kwillkunpac konly kkkkkkkkkkkklastkversions,kwhenk'rarkxkarcnamekfile.txt;5'kwillkunpac kkkkkkkkkkkk'file.txt;5',kifkitkiskpresentkinkthekarchive. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfkyoukspecifyk-verkswitchkwithoutkakparameterkwhenkunpac ing, kkkkkkkkkkkkRARkwillkextractkallkversionskofkallkfileskthatkmatch kkkkkkkkkkkkthekenteredkfilekmas .kInkthiskcasekakversionknumberkis kkkkkkkkkkkknotkremovedkfromkunpac edkfileknames.kYoukmaykalsokextract kkkkkkkkkkkkakconcretekfilekversionkspecifyingkitsknumberkask-verkparameter. kkkkkkkkkkkkItkwillktellkRARktokunpac konlykthiskversionkandkremove kkkkkkkkkkkkakversionknumberkfromkfileknames.kForkexample, kkkkkkkkkkkk'rarkxk-ver5karcname'kwillkunpac konlyk5thkfilekversions. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfkyoukspecifyk'n'kparameterkwhenkarchiving,kitkwillklimit kkkkkkkkkkkkthekmaximumknumberkofkfilekversionskstoredkinkthekarchive. kkkkkkkkkkkkOldkfilekversionskexceedingkthiskthresholdkwillkbekremoved. kkkk-vnkkkkkUsekthekoldkstylekvolumeknamingkscheme kkkkkkkkkkkkBykdefaultkRARkvolumeskhaveknameskli ek'volname.partNNN.rar', kkkkkkkkkkkkwherekNNNkiskthekvolumeknumber.kUsingk-vnkswitchkitkisk kkkkkkkkkkkkpossiblektokswitchktokanother,kextensionkbasedknamingkscheme, kkkkkkkkkkkkwherekthekfirstkvolumekfilekinkakmulti-volumeksetkhas

kkkkkkkkkkkkthekextensionk.rar,kfollowingkvolumeskareknumberedkfromk.r00 kkkkkkkkkkkktok.r99.kItkmaykhaveksense,kifkyoukarekgoingktokunpac kkkkkkkkkkkkankarchivekunderkthekplainkMSkDOS,kwhichkdoesknotkallow kkkkkkkkkkkkmorekthankonekdotkinkakfilekname. kkkk-vpkkkkkPausekbeforekeachkvolume kkkkkkkkkkkkBykdefaultkRARkas skforkconfirmationkbeforekcreatingkork kkkkkkkkkkkkunpac ingknextkvolumekonlykforkremovablekdrives. kkkkkkkkkkkkThiskswitchkforceskRARktokas ksuchkconfirmationkalways. kkkkkkkkkkkkItkcankbekusefulkifkdis kspacekisklimitedkandkyoukwish kkkkkkkkkkkktokcopykeachkvolumektokanotherkmediakimmediatelykafter kkkkkkkkkkkkcreation. kkkk-w<p>kkkAssignkwor kdirectorykask<p>.kThiskswitchkmaykbekusedktokassign kkkkkkkkkkkkthekdirectorykforktemporarykfiles. kkkk-x<f>kkkExcludekspecifiedkfilek<f>,kwildcardskmaykbekusedkboth kkkkkkkkkkkkinktheknamekandkfilekpartskofkfilekmas .kYoukmaykspecify kkkkkkkkkkkkthekswitchk'-x'kseveralktimes. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfkmas kcontainskwildcards,kitkappliesktokcurrentkdirectory kkkkkkkkkkkkandkitsksubdirectories.kItkisknotkrecursivekwithoutkwildcards, kkkkkkkkkkkksokifkyoukwishktokexcludeksomek"filename"kinkallkdirectories, kkkkkkkkkkkkyoukneedktokspecifyktwokmas s:k"filename"kforkcurrentkdirectory kkkkkkkkkkkkandk"*\filename"kforksubdirectories.kIfkyouk nowkankexactkpath kkkkkkkkkkkktokfile,kyoukcankusek"path\filename"ksyntaxktokexcludekonly kkkkkkkkkkkkthiskcopykofk"filename".kIfkyoukusek-xpath\filenameksyntax kkkkkkkkkkkkwhenkunpac ingkankarchive,k"path"kmustkbekakpathkinsidekof kkkkkkkkkkkkarchive,knotkakfilekpathkonkthekdis kafterkunpac ing. kkkkkkkkkkkkExamples: kkkkkkkkkkkk1)krarkak-rk-x*.ba k-x*.rarkrawfiles kkkkkkkkkkkk*.ba kandk*.rarkfileskwillknotkbekaddedktokrawfiles kkkkkkkkkkkk2)krarkak-rk-x*\tempk-x*\temp\*ksaveckc:\* kkkkkkkkkkkkcompresskallkfileskonkthekdis kc:kexceptktempkdirectories kkkkkkkkkkkkandkfileskinsidekofktempkdirectories kkkkkkkkkkkk3)krarkxk-x*.txtkdocs kkkkkkkkkkkkextractkallkfileskexceptk*.txtkfromkdocs.rar kkkk-x@<lf>kExcludekfilesklistedkinkthekspecifiedklistkfile.kIfkyoukusek-x@ kkkkkkkkkkkkwithoutktheklistkfileknamekparameter,kitkwillkreadkfileknames kkkkkkkkkkkkfromkstdin. kkkkkkkkkkkkExample: kkkkkkkkkkkkrarkak-x@exlist.txtkarchk*.exe

kkkk-ykkkkkkAssumekYeskonkallkqueries. kkkk-z[f]kkkReadkarchivekcommentkfromkfilek<f>.kUsekwithk-sckswitch kkkkkkkkkkkkifkyoukneedktokspecifykthekcharacterksetkforkcommentktextkfile. kkkkkkkkkkkkIfk<f>kisknotkspecified,kcommentkiskreadkfromkstdin.

kLimitations k~~~~~~~~~~~ kkkkPathnamekisklimitedktok259ksymbols. kkkkMaximumkarchivekcommentklengthkisk62000kbytes. kkkkCommandklimitations: kkkkThekcommandsk'd','u','f','c','cf'kwillknotkoperatekwithkarchive kkkkvolumes. kkkkThekcommandk'a'kcannotkbekusedktokupdatekankarchivekvolume,konlykto kkkkcreatekaknewkone. kExitkvalues k~~~~~~~~~~~ kkkkRARkexitskwithkakzerokcodek(0)kinkcasekofksuccessfulkoperation.kThekexit kkkkcodekofknon-zerokmeanskthekoperationkwaskcancelledkduektokankerror: kkkkk255kkkUSERkBREAKkkkkkkkUserkstoppedkthekprocess kkkkkkk9kkkCREATEkERRORkkkkkCreatekfilekerror kkkkkkk8kkkMEMORYkERRORkkkkkNotkenoughkmemorykforkoperation kkkkkkk7kkkUSERkERRORkkkkkkkCommandklinekoptionkerror kkkkkkk6kkkOPENkERRORkkkkkkkOpenkfilekerror kkkkkkk5kkkWRITEkERRORkkkkkkWritektokdis kerror kkkkkkk4kkkLOCKEDkARCHIVEkkkAttemptktokmodifykankarchivekpreviouslykloc ed kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkbykthek' 'kcommand kkkkkkk3kkkCRCkERRORkkkkkkkkAkCRCkerrorkoccurredkwhenkunpac ing kkkkkkk2kkkFATALkERRORkkkkkkAkfatalkerrorkoccurred kkkkkkk1kkkWARNINGkkkkkkkkkkNonkfatalkerror(s)koccurred kkkkkkk0kkkSUCCESSkkkkkkkkkkSuccessfulkoperation kGlossary k~~~~~~~~ kkkkArchivekkkkkkSpecialkfilekcontainingkonekorkmorekfileskoptionally kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkcompressedkand/orkencrypted.

kkkkCompressionkkAkmethodkofkencodingkdataktokreducekit'sksize. kkkkCRCkkkkkkkkkkCyclickRedundancykChec .kMathematicalkmethodkcalculating kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkspecialkchec ingkinformationkforkdatakvalidity. kkkkSFXkkkkkkkkkkArchivekmodulekusedktokextractkfileskfromkwhenkexecuted. kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk(SelF-eXtractingkmodule),kusuallykinkthekformkofkak.EXE kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkfile. kkkkSolidkkkkkkkkAnkarchivekpac edkusingkakspecialkcompressionkmethodkwhich kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkseeskallkfileskaskonekcontinuouskdatakstream.kParticularly kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkadvantageouskwhenkpac ingkaklargeknumberkofksmallkfiles. kkkkVolumekkkkkkkPartkofkaksplitkarchive.kSplittingkankarchivektokvolumes kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkallowskstoringkthemkonkdis ettes.kSolidkvolumeskmustkbe kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkextractedkstartingkfromkfirstkinksequence.

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