unrar

Overview

Unrar is a program to unpack RAR compressed files.

Version 5.1.6 is installed on the iCSF.

Restrictions on use

There are no restrictions on using this software to unpack files. Please see the full license at $UNRAR_HOME/license.txt on the iCSF.

Set up procedure

To access the software you must first load the modulefile:

module load tools/gcc/unrar/5.1.6

Running the application

You may use unrar on the login node only if you are unpacking a small file. If unpacking a large file then you must submit a quick batch job as shown below.

To unpack a file use:

unrar x filename.rar

Further info

Updates

None.

Last modified on August 2, 2018 at 4:40 pm by Pen Richardson