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https://www.rarlab.com/
An archival utility.
I've been using this for a hell of a long time.
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aka WinRAR, for its Windows versions.
- After this, I used 7zip
- 2016-03-28 - 5.30 beta 6 on Slackware 14.1
- 2016-03-26 - (version not recorded) on Lubuntu 14.04.4 LTS
- I've been using rar for years on various Linux distributions.
- 2016-03-21 - 3.9.3 on Windows 10
- I used this during my brief stint with Windows 8.1
- I used this on Windows Legacy
- 2010-11-24 - (version not recorded) on (operating system not recorded)
- 2010-10-01 - 3.93 on Windows XP
- I used this on Windows 98se, Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows 3.1 and DOS.
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Before this, I used zip
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2016-03-28 - 5.30 beta 6 ∞
I installed this on Slackware 14.1, using slpkg:
\slpkg -s sbo unrar
While this gave me unrar-5.3.7-i486-1_SBo.tgz
, the program itself (unrar
) gives me 5.30 beta 6.
2016-03-26 - (version not recorded) ∞
I installed this on Lubuntu using it's repository.
2016-03-21 - 3.9.3 ∞
On Windows 10..
ClamWin detected Win.Trojan.Ramnit-6879 for wrar393.exe
, so I'm updating this in my toolkit.
2010-11-24 - (version not recorded) ∞
Some random script ∞
- Un-pack a whole bunch of stuff.
- Provide a password, which changes based on the filename
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Stop if an error occurs
RESULT=0;for i in {35..75}; do if [ $RESULT -eq 0 ]; then unrar x sky-${i} -pcgs-${i}; RESULT=$! ; fi ; done