Using RAR On Your Linux Server.

[CyberJ37]

Note: You must already have RAR installed - http://www.besthostingforums.com/showthread.php?t=6570

This is just a basic tutorial.

RAR:

Archiving in 100MB parts:

rar a -v100m file.rar movie.avi

Creating a password protected RAR archive:

rar a -pyourpassword file.rar movie.avi

Compression level:
By using the -m parameter you can adjust the compression level.
The minimum value 0 while the maximum is 5.
When archiving movies, it is best to set the compression level to 0.

rar a -m0 file.rar movie.avi

As you can see, you can adjust these commands to suit your needs by just combining the parameters.

UnRAR:

Extracting an archive to your current directory:

unrar e archive.rar

Remember, this is not a full tutorial.
This is just a basic tutorial with the most useful commands.

CyberJ37 Reviewed by CyberJ37 on 5th May 2009. Using RAR On Your Linux Server. Note: You must already have RAR installed - http://www.besthostingforums.com/showthread.php?t=6570 This is just a basic tutorial. RAR: UnRAR: Rating: 5

[desiboy]

please tell how to add a folder to a archive..
thanks

[sherwood]

you do:

 rar a -m0 -v97m -ppassword test.rar foldername

-m0 = copression
-v97m =97mb just change it to what you wnat
-ppass = is if you need a pass

[Curtis129]

i usually use the command x rather then e
just so it prevents like all files to be extracted in a un-organised way.
for eg.
unrar x filename.rar

and it will create a folder with the name of the rar files name
then you just need to include that entire folder when rar'ing rather then manually creating a folder or moving files etxc..

[sherwood]

Curtis you are a legend, I never new you could extract them into a new folder of there own.

I use to waste so much time making new folders and things, thanks

[desiboy]

also please tell me how to extract multiple files with password protection ?
Thanks !

[Jaim3x]

Excellent... thanks.-