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extract rar files to folder

I tried googling around and checked the man page but couldn't find what I was looking for. Basically need to extract a rar archive to a separate volume. I know: rar e archive.rar will extract it to the current folder but I want to extract it to…
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How secure are password-protected WinRAR archives?

The web seems to be flooded by password removers. I'm however on the other side. I'm interested in security of my files. If I have a WinRAR archive (> 1 Mbyte) and use a password (> 6 characters length with non-alphanumeric characters), how secure…
Mastermind
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Is it possible to stream input into RAR

I'm using RARLABS RAR.exe to archive/backup my server data. I am familiar with using RAR for creating an archive and adding files from a folder, but what about streaming data directly into an archive? For example, when backing up my MySQL databases…
Dscoduc
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Is rsync corrupting my RAR?

We have two qnap devices - one in our datacentre and one off-site. We have hundreds of password protected RAR files stored on the qnap that contain virtual machine image snapshots, with approx 20 of them being created each day. We synchronise the…
Mark Henderson
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zip file extracts faster than copying

System Win 7 32 bit. I am using WinRAR to extract a .rar file, but I think it is the same for any zipped files. I have: 1) SomeSourceCodeFolder.rar -> extract -> SomeDestCodeFolder 2) SomeSourceCodeFolder -> copy -> SomeDestCodeFolder 1st way is in…
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use the cli of winrar to backup outlook pst

hello is it possible to use the winrar cli to backup a pst file. i have outlook openend 24/7 so the file is locked. i use the following command: C:\Backup>"c:\Program Files\WinRAR\rar.exe" a meel.rar…
JP Hellemons
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Bash script to convert archive to .zip format

I'm looking for a flexible bash script to do the following: Convert .rar, .tar, .tar.gz, .bz2, .7z archives to .zip format Keep all folder structures and filenames as source archive. Convert it quietly, outputs "error" on failure and outputs…
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Winrar repair corrupted .Rar Files

Good day, I have not extracted .rar file. I go to open it and get the error message An error has occurred while while expanding the file '*.rar' Format error. Any Help?
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clamav can't find viruses in rar files on centos 6.4

I use ClamAV 0.97.8/17494 on CentOS 6.4. It's good but can't find viruses in rar files. It can detect same virus file as it is or in a zip file but in rar file ClamAV reports no virus. ScanArchive=yes option is already enabled I searched a lot on…
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file-system incremental backup - ideally with no downtime for the web site

I am trying to design a web site with backup in mind. Large media elements would be stored on the file system and a daily backup would be done both for the DB and the file-system (which would hold the media elements). While backing up the DB seems…
Andrei Rînea
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Streaming compression for large files

We want to compress large backup files and push them into the cloud. I'm looking for an application/utility/codebase that will allow us to efficiently compress on the fly as part of the transfer. I've found that WinRAR is taking 40 times longer to…
MrTelly
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Uninstall WinRAR through GPO?

I wrote a script that I have added in as a computer based policy to run at startup. This script checks which version of WinRAR (x86/x64) is installed and runs the correct uninstall.exe with the /s flag (uninstall.exe /s) for a silent uninstall. The…
Mitch
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Command Line Winrar & Batch Scripts

I've written a wee batch script to backup some stuff on my desktop and dump it over the network to a share... The only thing that's bugging me is the verbosity of rar.exe while it's doing the compress part of the job. Anyone know if it's possible…
Eoin Campbell
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WinZip, 7zip, Winrar Command Line to Compress structure of folders

I have a Windows Server 2008R2 which has a massive file share of Video files, I need to run a zip command line in a batch script which will : a) Compress / zip each video file inside each folder with the respective filename b) then compress / zip…
Mutahir
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Need compression utility which uses all CPUs and compresses the best

I uses RAR since it was released a decade ago perhaps. However it is good for desktop applications I just found that on server where I need to compress a lot of text files every weekend it takes ages. I looked into CPU usage and RAR takes around…
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