RarLab RAR 6.01 for macOS

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RAR is a console application allowing to manage archive files in command line mode. RAR provides compression, encryption, data recovery and many other functions described in this manual.
RAR supports only RAR format archives, which have .rar file name extension by default. ZIP and other formats are not supported.
Even if you specify .zip extension when creating an archive, it will still be in RAR format. Windows users may install WinRAR, which supports more archive types including RAR and ZIP formats.

RAR archiver:
• RAR introduces an original compression algorithm. It provides high compression ratios on executable files, object libraries, large text files, etc.
• RAR provides functionality for creating a 'solid' archive, which can raise the compression ratio by 10% - 50% over more common methods, particularly when packing large numbers of small files.
• RAR offers the ability to create and change SFX archives using default and external SFX modules.
• RAR offers the ability to create a multi-volume archive as SFX.
• RAR offers a number of service functions, such as encrypting files, adding archive comments and repairing physically damaged archives.

WinRAR provides both graphical user interface and command line mode. While console RAR and GUI WinRAR have the similar command line syntax, some differences exist. So it is recommended to use this rar.txt manual for console RAR (rar.exe in case of Windows version) and winrar.chm WinRAR help file for GUI WinRAR (winrar.exe).

Supported Operation System:
• 64-bit processor
• OS X 10.8 or later