rar.1

.\" rar - utility for creation RAR archives
.TH "RAR" "1" "Kirill Rusinov" "September 28, 2014" "General Commands Manual"
.SH "NAME"
rar \- utility for creation RAR archives
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.BR rar
.I "[command] [options] [archive] [filenames...] [@filelist...] [path to extract]"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
RAR is a console application allowing to manage archive files in
command line mode. RAR provides compression, encryption, data recovery
and some other functions.
.PP
RAR supports only RAR format archives, which have *.rar file name
extension by default. ZIP and other formats are not supported.
.PP
Commands and options described here are as of RAR 5.11.
.SH "COMMANDS"
.TP
.B e
Extract files to current directory.
.TP
.B a
Add files to archive.
.TP
.B c
Add archive comment.
.TP
.B ch
Change archive parameters.
.TP
.B cw
Write archive comment to file.
.TP
.B d
Delete files from archive.
.TP
.B e
Extract files without archived paths.
.TP
.B f
Freshen files in archive.
.TP
.B i[par]=[string]
Find string in archives.
.TP
.B k
Lock archive.
.TP
.B l[t[a],b]
List archive contents [technical[all],bare].
.TP
.B m[f]
Move to archive [files only].
.TP
.B p
Print file to stdout.
.TP
.B r
Repair archive.
.TP
.B rc
Reconstruct missing volumes.
.TP
.B rn
Rename archived files.
.TP
.B rr[N]
Add data recovery record.
.TP
.B rv[N]
Create recovery volumes.
.TP
.B s[name|\-]
Convert archive to or from SFX.
.TP
.B t
Test archive files.
.TP
.B u
Update files in archive.
.TP
.B v[t[a],b]
Verbosely list archive contents [technical[all],bare]
.TP
.B x
Extract files with full path
.SH "OPTIONS"
.BR "NOTE:"
Every option must be separated by a whitespace. You cannot put them
together.
.TP
.B \-
Stop switches scanning.
.TP
.B @[+]
Disable [enable] file lists.
.TP
.B \-ad
Append archive name to destination path.
.TP
.B \-ag[format]
Generate archive name using the current date.
.TP
.B \-ai
Ignore file attributes.
.TP
.B \-ap[path]
Set path inside archive.
.TP
.B \-as
Synchronize archive contents.
.TP
.B \-c\-
Disable comments show.
.TP
.B \-cfg\-
Disable read configuration.
.TP
.B \-cl
Convert names to lower case.
.TP
.B \-cu
Convert names to upper case.
.TP
.B \-df
Delete files after archiving.
.TP
.B \-dh
Open shared files.
.TP
.B \-ds
Disable name sort for solid archive.
.TP
.B \-dw
Wipe files after archiving.
.TP
.B \-e[+][attr]
Set file exclude and include attributes.
.TP
.B \-ed
Do not add empty directories
.TP
.B \-en
Do not put 'end of archive' block.
.TP
.B \-ep
Exclude paths from names.
.TP
.B \-ep1
Exclude base directory from names.
.TP
.B \-ep3
Expand paths to full including the drive letter.
.TP
.B \-f
Freshen files.
.TP
.B \-hp[password]
Encrypt both file data and headers.
.TP
.B \-ht[b|c]
Select hash type [BLAKE2 or CRC32] for file checksum.
.TP
.B \-id[c,d,p,q]
Disable messages.
.TP
.B \-ierr
Send all messages to stderr.
.TP
.B \-ilog[name]
Log errors to file (registered versions only).
.TP
.B \-inul
Disable all messages.
.TP
.B \-isnd
Enable sound.
.TP
.B \-k
Lock archive.
.TP
.B \-kb
Keep broken extracted files.
.TP
.B \-log[f][=name]
Write names to log file.
.TP
.B \-m[0..5]
Set compression level [0-store...3-default...5-maximal].
.TP
.B \-ma[4|5]
Specify a version of archiving format.
.TP
.B \-mc[par]
Set advanced compression parameters.
.TP
.B \-md[k,m,g]
Dictionary size in KB, MB or GB.
.TP
.B \-ms[ext1;ext2;...]
Specify file types to store.
.TP
.B \-mt[threads]
Set the number of threads.
.TP
.B \-n[file]
Additionally filter included files.
.TP
.B \-n@
Read additional filter masks from stdin.
.TP
.B \-n@[list]
Read additional filter masks from filelist.
.TP
.B \-o[+|\-]
Set the overwrite mode.
.TP
.B \-oh
Save hard links as the link instead of the file.
.TP
.B \-oi[0\-4][:min]
Save identical files as references.
.TP
.B \-ol
Save symbolic links as the link instead of the file.
.TP
.B \-or
Rename files automatically.
.TP
.B \-ow
Save or restore file owner and group.
.TP
.B \-p[password]
Set password.
.TP
.B \-p\-
Do not query password.
.TP
.B \-qo[\-|+]
Add quick open information [none|force].
.TP
.B \-r
Recurse subdirectories.
.TP
.B \-r\-
Disable recursion.
.TP
.B \-r0
Recurse subdirectories for wildcard names only.
.TP
.B \-rr[N]
Add data recovery record.
.TP
.B \-rv[N]
Create recovery volumes.
.TP
.B \-s[[N],v[\-],e]
Create solid archive.
.TP
.B \-s\-
Disable solid archiving.
.TP
.B \-sc[char][obj]
Specify the character set.
.TP
.B \-sfx[name]
Create SFX archive.
.TP
.B \-si[name]
Read data from stdin.
.TP
.B \-sl[size]
Process files with size less than specified.
.TP
.B \-sm[size]
Process files with size more than specified.
.TP
.B \-t
Test files after archiving.
.TP
.B \-ta[date]
Process files modified after [date] in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format.
.TP
.B \-tb[date]
Process files modified before [date] in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format.
.TP
.B \-tk
Keep original archive time.
.TP
.B \-tl
Set archive time to latest file.
.TP
.B \-tn[time]
Process files newer than [time].
.TP
.B \-to[time]
Process files older than [time].
.TP
.B \-ts[m,c,a][N]
Save or restore file time (modification, creation, access).
.TP
.B \-u
Update files.
.TP
.B \-v[size][k,b] 
Create volumes with size=[size]*1000 [*1024, *1].
.TP
.B \-ver[n]
File version control.
.TP
.B \-vn
Use the old style volume naming scheme.
.TP
.B \-vp
Pause before each volume.
.TP
.B \-w[path]
Assign work directory.
.TP
.B \-x[file]
Exclude specified file.
.TP
.B \-x@
Read file names to exclude from stdin.
.TP
.B \-x@[list]
Exclude files listed in specified filelist.
.TP
.B \-y
Assume YES on all queries.
.TP
.B \-z[file]
Read archive comment from file.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
unrar(1)
.PP
For more information see _path_/rar.txt
.SH "AUTHOR"
This manual page was written for Fedora GNU/Linux by Kirill Rusinov
<carasin.berlogue@mail.ru> according to "rar \-?" and UNRAR
manual page written by Petr Cech <cech@debian.org>.
.PP
It may be used by others.