unrar - list, test and extract compressed files from RAR archive
unrar command [switches] archive {files | @listfiles} [path_to_extract]
UNRAR(1) General Commands Manual UNRAR(1)
NAME
unrar - list, test and extract compressed files from RAR archive
SYNOPSIS
unrar command [switches] archive {files | @listfiles} [path_to_extract]
DESCRIPTION
unrar is commandline utility to list, test, or extract files from RAR
archive.
COMMANDS
e Extract files to current directory
l[t|b] List archive [technical format, bare format]
p Print file to stdout
t Test archive files
v[t|b] Verbosely list archive [technical format, bare format]
x Extract files with full path
SWITCHES
- Stop switches scanning
-ad Append archive name to destination path
-ap<path>
Set path inside archive
-c- Disable comments show
-cfg- Disable read configuration
-cl Convert names to lower case
-cu Convert names to upper case
-dh Open shared files
-ep Exclude paths from names
-ep3 Expand paths to full including the drive letter
-f Freshen files
-id[c,d,p,q]
Disable messages. c-copyright, d-'done' message, p-percentage,
q-be completely quiet
-ierr Send all messages to stderr
-inul Disable all messages
-kb Keep broken extracted files
-n<file>
Include only specified file
-n@ Read file names to include from stdin
-n@<list>
Include files in specified list file
-o+ Overwrite existing files
-o- Do not overwrite existing files
-or Rename files automatically
-ow Save or restore file owner and group
-p[password]
Set password
-p- Do not query password
-r Recurse subdirectories
-sl<size>
Process files with size less than specified
-sm<size>
Process files with size more than specified
-ta<date>
Process files modified after <date> in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format
-tb<date>
Process files modified before <date> in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format
-tn<time>
Process files newer than <time>
-to<time>
Process files older than <time>
-ts<m,c,a>[N]
Save or restore file time (modification, creation, access)
-u Update files
-v List all volumes
-ver[n]
File version control
-vp Pause before each volume
-x<file>
Exclude specified file
-x@ Read file names to exclude from stdin
-x@<list>
Exclude files in specified list file
-y Assume Yes on all queries
EXAMPLES
To use unrar to extract all members of the archive letters.rar into the
current directory and subdirectories below it, creating any subdirecto-
ries as necessary:
unrar x letters
To extract all members of letters.rar into the current directory only:
unrar e letters
To test letters.rar:
unrar t letters
To extract to standard output all members of letters.rar whose names
end in .tex piping the output into more(1):
unrar p -inul letters '*.tex' | more
To extract the binary file paper1.dvi from archive articles.rar to
standard output and pipe it to a printing program:
unrar -p -inul articles paper1.dvi | dvips
To extract all FORTRAN and C source files--*.f, *.c, *.h, and Make-
file--into the /tmp directory:
unrar source.rar "*.[fch]" Makefile /tmp
To extract any such files but convert any uppercase MS-DOS or VMS names
to lowercase:
unrar -cl source.rar "*.[fch]" Makefile /tmp
To extract newer versions of the files already in the current directory
and to create any files not already there:
unrar x -u -o+ sources.rar
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
RAR Unrar reads the switches from RAR, unless the commandline option
-cfg- is given. These two examples do the same thing:
unrar x -u -o+ sources.rar
RAR='-u -o+' unrar x sources.rar
FILES
.rarrc Unrar reads the switches from .rarrc unless commandline option
-cfg- is given. Unrar goes sequentially through these directo-
ries and reads first (and only first) .rarrc found.
$HOME/.rarrc (if $HOME is defined)
/etc/.rarrc
/etc/rar/.rarrc
/usr/lib/.rarrc
/usr/local/lib/.rarrc
/usr/local/etc/.rarrc
rarrc should consist of lines in the form switches=<switches>. For
example:
switches=-y
DIAGNOSTICS
The exit status (or error level) has the following meanings:
0 normal; no errors or warnings detected.
1 one or more warning errors were encountered, but process-
ing completed anyway.
2 fatal error encountered during rar archive processing.
3 CRC error. Internal archive checksum does not match the
data.
4 Locking issue. Not used in unrar.
5 unrar was unable to write data to disk.
6 unrar was unable to open a file
7 User error (like wrong switch, etc.)
8 unrar was unable to allocate memory
9 unrar was unable to create file
255 User terminated the process by using Ctrl+C
URL
Unrar sources can be obtained at
http://www.rarlab.com/rar_add.htm
COPYRIGHT
The source code of UnRAR utility is freeware. This means:
1 All copyrights to RAR and the utility UnRAR are exclusively
owned by the author - Alexander Roshal.
2 The UnRAR sources may be used in any software to handle RAR ar-
chives without limitations free of charge, but cannot be used to
re-create the RAR compression algorithm, which is proprietary.
Distribution of modified UnRAR sources in separate form or as a
part of other software is permitted, provided that it is clearly
stated in the documentation and source comments that the code
may not be used to develop a RAR (WinRAR) compatible archiver.
3 The UnRAR utility may be freely distributed. It is allowed to
distribute UnRAR inside of other software packages.
4 THE RAR ARCHIVER AND THE UnRAR UTILITY ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS".
NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. YOU USE AT
YOUR OWN RISK. THE AUTHOR WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DATA LOSS, DAM-
AGES, LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY OTHER KIND OF LOSS WHILE USING OR
MISUSING THIS SOFTWARE.
5 Installing and using the UnRAR utility signifies acceptance of
these terms and conditions of the license.
6 If you don't agree with terms of the license you must remove
UnRAR files from your storage devices and cease to use the util-
ity.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | archiver/unrar |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+------------------+
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from https://www.rar-
lab.com/rar/unrarsrc-6.1.7.tar.gz.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at https://www.rarlabs.com/rar_add.htm.
unrar 18 Feb 2009 UNRAR(1)