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rar2tarcat(1)                                                    rar2tarcat(1)




NAME

       rar2tarcat  -  converts a RAR archive to a TAR archive and writes it to
       stdout


SYNOPSIS

       rar2tarcat [-h(elp)] rarfile


DESCRIPTION

       rar2tarcat converts  a  single  RAR  archive  to  TAR  archive  format.
       Notably, it does so without extracting the rarfile contents to disk.


OPTIONS

       -h     Print help and quit.


EXAMPLES

       Convert a rarfile to a tar file directly:
              rar2tarcat file01.rar > file01.tar

       Convert a rarfile to a tar file while compressing it:
              rar2tarcat file01.rar | gzip -c -9 > file01.tar.gz
              rar2tarcat file01.rar | xz -c > file01.tar.xz


CAVEATS

       The  rar2tarcat  utility  automatically converts between RAR timestamps
       (which are based on local time) and TAR timestamps (which are based  on
       UTC  time)  so  that files extracted from the newly-created TAR archive
       will still bear the correct timestamp.  However, if the  conversion  is
       performed  on  a  machine running under a different timezone than where
       the rarfile was created, the converted timestamps may be erroneous.  If
       this  causes  problems, the local timezone should be temporarily be set
       to match that where the original rarfile was  created  to  resolve  the
       issue.


COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  (C)  2015  by D. Gloger.  This program is free software; you
       can use it, redistribute it, and/or modify it under the  terms  of  the
       GNU  General  Public  License as published by the Free Software Founda-
       tion; either version 3, or (at your option) any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it  will  be  useful,  but
       WITHOUT  ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied  warranty  of MER-
       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU  General
       Public License for more details.



littleutils                       2020 Oct 19                    rar2tarcat(1)

littleutils 1.2.3 - Generated Mon Nov 30 18:51:37 CST 2020
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