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[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 year ago (10 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (9 children)

7zip will unpack rar files? I've used it for years and never knew.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It'll unpack everything

Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM Unpacking only: APFS, AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT, FAT, GPT, HFS, IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, QCOW2, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VHDX, VMDK, XAR and Z.

https://www.7-zip.org/

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Will it unpack my bags from the weekend? Cos it's Friday now and I still can't be bothered

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you give it access to robot arms it will.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What about the emotional baggage I lug around on a daily basis?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Archive that shit and never look at it again

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

You may have problems unpacking RAR of latest format versions with 7zip. It's been some time since I encountered that.

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