[softwarelist] Re: SparkFS and .rar

On 19 Feb, Stefan Bellon <sbellon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Robert Greenfield wrote:

> > Would it be possible for SparkFS to handle RAR archives, and does
> > anyone other than me want this? (hope so!)

> First of all, SparkFS once DID handle RAR archives. This was RAR
> version 1 and only 26-bit.

I didn't know that - must have been before I purchased it (which was quite
recently - I don't know how I managed without it!)

> But I assume you mean a 32-bit version that
> can handle new version 3 rarchives?

Yes.
More people are sending me .rar files. I have found the unrar module and
have used it from the command line, but I would very much prefer SparkFS
to handle it seamlessly, which it does so well!

> And yes, I'm interested in that as well. And in fact I have already
> been in touch with David about this issue. Problem is, my spare time is
> very limited at present, so I have not come very far. But my interest
> is there.

It is something I'd contribute money to - it adds extra functionality that
was not there before.

> A more technically interesting point is, that this UnRAR module must
> have to be built with GCC and not with Norcroft, as the UnRAR code for
> version 3 rarchives is written in C++.

Oh! Can Norcroft still not really do C++ very well?
(sorry if this is a silly question - I haven't really done any hard-out
programming since 6502 assembler...)

> I think there are quite a few
> obstacles in the way.

Could SparkFS be used as a front end for the existing unRAR module?

regards,

-- 
Robert Greenfield

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