man unrar-free (1): extract files from rar archives

SYNOPSIS

unrar-free [-xtfp?V] [--extract] [--list] [--force] [--extract-newer] [--extract-no-paths] [--password] [--help] [--usage] [--version] ARCHIVE [FILE ...] [DESTINATION]

DESCRIPTION

unrar-free is a program for extracting files from rar archives.

OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

-x --extract: Extract files from archive (default).
-t --list: List files in archive.
-f --force: Overwrite files when extracting.
--extract-newer: Only extract newer files from the archive.
--extract-no-paths: Don't create directories while extracting.
-p --password: Decrypt archive using a password.
-? --help: Show program help.
--usage: Show short program usage message.
-V --version: Show version of program.

NON-FREE UNRAR COMPATIBLE SYNOPSIS

unrar-free [elvx] [-ep] [-o+] [-o-] [-ppassword] [-u] [--] ARCHIVE [FILE ...] [DESTINATION]

This syntax should only be used in front-end programs which are using non-free unrar as a back-end. It is recommended to use this program by GNU command line syntax.

e: Extract files from archive without full path.
l: List files in archive.
v: Verbose list files in archive.
x: Extract files from archive with full path.
-ep: Don't create directories while extracting.
-o+: Overwrite files when extracting.
-o-: Don't overwrite files when extracting.
-p: Decrypt archive using a password.
-u: Only extract newer files from the archive.
--: Disable further switch processing. Any switch after the -- are treated as filenames and destination.

BUGS

Advanced features of version 3.0 archives are not currently supported.

AUTHORS

unrar-free was written by Ben Asselstine based on UniquE RAR File Library by Christian Scheurer and Johannes Winkelmann.

This manual page was written by Niklas Vainio <[email protected]> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.