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Old 09-23-2011
unrar files
Hi,

I have two .rar files on unix server.

but how to unrar these files ??
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Old 09-23-2011
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Old 09-23-2011
Hi,

I could able to get one solution over net, in which it mentions to install "rar" utility and then copy "rar" as well as "unrar" to /bin directory, after that run the below command.

unrar e file.rar

But didnt worked out. m I missing any step over here ??
can anybody help me out please ??

Regards
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Old 09-23-2011
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Originally Posted by milink
Hi,

I could able to get one solution over net, in which it mentions to install "rar" utility and then copy "rar" as well as "unrar" to /bin directory, after that run the below command.

unrar e file.rar

But didnt worked out. m I missing any step over here ??
can anybody help me out please ??

Regards
what is your OS?
do you have an error message?
# 5  
Old 09-23-2011
Hi,

Os is Solaris10

and below is the error message:

[root@/users/mac] # unrar e FILE1.rar
-bash: /usr/bin/unrar: Invalid argument
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Old 09-23-2011
check if the path for unrar is correct by checking "which unrar" or "whereis unrar" , and then include full path and try...
# 7  
Old 09-23-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by milink
Hi,

Os is Solaris10

and below is the error message:

[root@/users/mac] # unrar e FILE1.rar
-bash: /usr/bin/unrar: Invalid argument
Solaris 10 sparc or x86?

you must use appropriate version..
x86 ; http://www.rarlab.com/rar/unrar-sol-intel.gz
sparc ; http://www.rarlab.com/rar/solaris8-s...rar-3.3.tar.gz

regards
ygemici
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