NAME

unrar-free — 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 <niklas.vainio@iki.fi> 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.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.