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Re: [trinity-users] RAR Files.

From: Michael <mb_trinity_desktop@...>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 08:26:54 -0600
On Monday 25 November 2019 06:05:34 pm Dave Lers wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 04:02:36PM -0600, Michael wrote:
> >> On Monday 25 November 2019 01:53:35 pm Baron wrote:
> >> > Hi Guys,
> >> >
> >> > Does anybody know if the "RAR" format has changed ?
> >>
> >> Possibly just broken?  Try
> >>
> >> tar -x --ignore-failed-read
> >
> > RAR, not tar.
>
> $ unrar x "*.rar" (CL extraction in rar dir) should tell you something.
> If its broken, $ unrar x -kb "*.rar" will keep what it can extract.
> See $ unrar h for more options.
> AFAIK no significant changes have been made since 2013.

RAR, shmar, so I can't read...

Who knew there are so many unpacking tool just for RAR.  Hideous non-free 
software should be made illegal!  Here's a partial list *:

unar
unrar
unp
rar
lsar ?
p7zip
dnf
rar


* Blatantly stolen from:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/246535/how-to-open-rar-file-in-linux