[aclug-L] Re: Help with .rar

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Debian contains a rar tool in its non-free archive.  Because of the
licensing, this is not a standard part of distributions.  However,
freshmeat or sunsite ought to carry it.

-- John


Wayne White <WWHITE1@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> At 07:15 PM 03/25/2000 -0600, you wrote:
> >try 'man unrar' : ^ )
> 
> Well, there isn't any man page for unrar, or urar for that
> matter, on either of the two distros I'm running. 
> 
> Any other ideas?
> 
> wayne
> 
> >On 25 Mar, Wayne White wrote:
> >> I downloaded some files from a newsgroup that are done up
> >> with rar. I can't find anything in howtos or man pages that 
> >> explain anything about this format or how to deal with them.
> >> Most of the files have an extension of .r0x (where x is another
> >> number that counts the files) and one has an extension of 
> >> .rar. 
> >> 
> >> Can someone tell me how to restore these files to a usable
> >> form. I'm thinking that rar is some sort of archive file, 
> >> but have no idea how to work with them.
> >> 
> >> HELP!!!
> >> 
> >> wayne
> >> 
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