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NAME

   unrar - extract files from rar archives

SYNOPSIS

   unrar  <command> [-<switch 1> -<switch N>] archive [files...] [path...]

DESCRIPTION

   This manual page documents briefly the unrar command.
   This manual page was written  for  the  Debian  GNU/Linux  distribution
   because the original program does not have a manual page.
   Commands and options described here are as of unrar 2.02.

OPTIONS

   After  the program name comes a command and then optional switches with
   dashes before them.  A summary of commands is included  below.   For  a
   complete description, run unrar without options.

   e      Extract files to current directory.

   l      List archive content.

   p      Print file to stdout.

   t      Test archive files.

   v      Verbosely list archive.

   x      Extract files with full path.

SWITCHES

   NOTE:  Every  switch  must be separated by a whitespace. You cannot put
   them together.

   -av-   Disable AV check.

   -c-    Disable comments show.

   -f     Freshen files.

   -kb    Keep broken extracted files.

   -ierr  Send all messages to stderr.

   -inul  Disable all messages.

   -o+    Overwrite existing files.

   -o-    Do not overwrite existing files.

   -p<password>
          Set password.

   -p-    Do not query password.

   -r     Recurse subdirectories.

   -u     Update files.

   -v     List all volumes.

   -x<file>
          Exclude specified file.

   -x@<list>
          Exclude files in specified list file.

   -x@    Read file names to exclude from stdin.

   -y     Assume Yes on all queries.

AUTHOR

   This manual page was written by Petr Cech  <cech@debian.org>  according
   to  "unrar -h" for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by oth?
   ers).



                              02.11.1999