How do I compress something in the .rar format?

Uduckhead · #1 July 14th, 2005, 06:47 PM

Hi all,

The title basically explains my major question. I found one program to do this, but it involves some serious Terminal work and I've barely dealt with the Terminal in my Mac career. If simple .rar compression is not possible, what is the easiest method for .zip compression? I tried a program called "Compress" but after I compressed a file it wouldn't let me unzip it >_>.

Thanks again!

MisterMe · #2 July 14th, 2005, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Uduckhead

Hi all,

The title basically explains my major question. I found one program to do this, but it involves some serious Terminal work and I've barely dealt with the Terminal in my Mac career. If simple .rar compression is not possible, what is the easiest method for .zip compression? I tried a program called "Compress" but after I compressed a file it wouldn't let me unzip it >_>.

Thanks again!

You might try this.

Uduckhead · #3 July 14th, 2005, 08:13 PM

You sir, are awesome. Thanks a lot. It basically uses the program I downloaded but does all the complex Terminal work for me, very cool.

ElDiabloConCaca · #4 July 14th, 2005, 09:00 PM

To answer your question about the ZIP compression, simply select any number of files/folders in the Finder, right-click (or Command-click) and select "Create Archive of..."

Uduckhead · #5 July 14th, 2005, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ElDiabloConCaca

To answer your question about the ZIP compression, simply select any number of files/folders in the Finder, right-click (or Command-click) and select "Create Archive of..."

Oh wow, great to know! Thanks!

slooksterpsv · #6 July 14th, 2005, 11:33 PM

If you are looking to make a .rar archive use this:
rar a archive_name file1 file2 file3 filex

Just use: man rar
to figure out how to use it more extensively

kainjow · #7 July 15th, 2005, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by slooksterpsv

If you are looking to make a .rar archive use this:
rar a archive_name file1 file2 file3 filex

Just use: man rar
to figure out how to use it more extensively

Doesn't exist on my Mac OS X 10.4.2 system... are you sure you didn't manually install that?

slooksterpsv · #8 July 15th, 2005, 01:00 AM

I'm sure, I haven't used it on Tiger, I used it on Panther. Hmm... when I bring up my laptop when my mom gets back in like 5 min. I'll check and post. But I know panther had it for sure. What happens when you type in man rar

EDIT: I did download software - http://www.rarlabs.com/rar/rarosx-3.5.b5.tar.gz thats what I used, and I put it in my bin folder.

Sorry for the confusion