On Monday 25 November 2019 01:53:35 pm Baron wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Does anybody know if the "RAR" format has changed ?
>
> For some reason I am no longer able to extract some rar archives that
> have been sent to me.
>
> Thanks in advance.

Possibly just broken?  Try

tar -x --ignore-failed-read

add the proper encoding (e.g. tar -zx ...)

You can find out some info about files with

file xyz.rar
stat xyz.rar

HTH,
Michael