[arachne] Re: EFFECTIVE UNRAR SOFTWARE NEEDED

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On Tue, 26 May 2009 22:09:56 -0400, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:

> On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 19:19 -0500, Rob wrote:
>> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!

>> Brian,
>>   I don't know about a DOS antivirus app, but you can get
>> a DOS UNRAR app here.
>> http://www.rarlab.com/rar_add.htm
>> I haven't tried it tho.
>> Rob

>> On Tue, 26 May 2009, Brian C. Murphy wrote:

> <snipped for breviy>

> I went there, but decided not to download it and try it
> because I got the impression that this UnRAR utility
> is not designed for real DOS.

> It says "UnRAR for DOS, Command line freeware DOS 32 UnRAR.

> That description implies that it will work only in a
> "DOS box" running under Windoze.

> Sam Heywood

Nope... exactly the opposite is true.... it will not work correctly in
a windows dosbox.....

Additional information about RAR version for DOS and OS/2

If you are going to run RAR/DOS rar32.exe in Windows DOS box
or command prompt, we strongly suggest to use rar.exe from
WinRAR distributive instead. Rar.exe is also the command line
tool and its command line syntax is practically the same as for
DOS version, but unlike rar32.exe, rar.exe is a native Windows
application, so it is more reliable and efficient when using in
Windows. Also rar.exe provides a number of Windows specific
options missing in DOS version.

You need to download RAR/DOS only if you are going to run it in
OS/2 or real MS DOS, not just Windows DOS box.
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