                             User's Manual
                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
            RAR 2.60 32-bit console version (Unix and Windows)
            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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                       Welcome to the RAR Archiver!
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 Introduction
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~

    RAR is a powerful tool which allows you to manage and control archive
  files. The archive is usually a regular file, which name has a ".rar"
  suffix.

  RAR features include:-

    *  Highly sophisticated, original compression algorithm
    *  Special compression algorithm optimized for multimedia data
    *  Better compression than similar tools, using 'solid' archiving
    *  Authenticity verification (registered version only)
    *  Self-extracting archives and volumes (SFX)
    *  Ability to recover physically damaged archives
    *  Locking, password, file order list, disk volume labels & more ...


 Configuration file
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  RAR for Unix reads configuration information from the file .rarrc in the
  user's home directory (stored in HOME environment variable).

  RAR for Windows reads configuration information from the file rar.ini,
  placed in the same directory as the rar.exe file.

  This file may contain the following string:

  switches=<any RAR switches, separated with a space>


 Log file
 ~~~~~~~~

  If the switch -ilog is specified in the command line or configuration
  file, RAR will write informational messages, concerning errors
  encountered while processing archives, to a log file.  In Unix this file
  is named .rarlog and placed in the user's home directory. In Windows it
  is named rar.log and placed in the same directory as the rar.exe file.


 The file order list for solid archiving - rarfiles.lst
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  rarfiles.lst contains user-defined file list which tells RAR
  the order to add files to a solid archive. It may contain file
  names, wildcards and special entry - $default. The default
  entry defines the place in order list for files not matched
  with other entries in this file. The comment character is ';'.

  In Windows this file should be placed in the same directory as RAR,
  in Unix - to the user's home directory.

  Tips to provide improved compression and speed of operation:

  - similar files should be grouped together in the archive;
  - frequently accessed files should be placed at the beginning.


 RAR command line syntax
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 Syntax

    RAR <command> [ -<switches> ] <archive> <@listfiles...> [ <files...> ]

 Description

    Command line options (commands and switches) provides control of
    creating and managing archives with RAR. The command is a string (or a
    single letter) which commands RAR to perform a corresponding action.
    Switches are designed to modify the way RAR performs the action. Other
    parameters are archive name and files to be archived into or extracted
    from the archive.

    In a UNIX environment you need to quote wildcards to avoid them being
    processed by RAR itself. For example, this command will extract
    *.asm files from RAR archives in current path:

       rar e '*.rar' '*.asm'


    Command could be any of the following:

    a       Add files to archive.

            Example:

            create or update existent archive myarch, adding all files
            in the current directory

            rar a myarch


    c       Add archive comment. Comments are displayed while the archive is
            being processed. Comment length is limited to 62000 bytes

            Examples:

            rar c distrib.rar

            Also comments may be added from a file:

            rar c -zinfo.txt dummy


    cf      Add files comment. File comments are displayed when the 'v'
            command is given. File comment length is limited to 32767 bytes.

            Example:

            rar cf bigarch *.txt


    cw      Write archive comment to specified file.

            Example:

            rar cw oldarch comment.txt


    d       Delete files from archive. Note, if the processing of this
            command resulted in removing all the files from the archive, the
            empty archive would removed.


    e       Extract files to current directory.


    f       Freshen files in archive. Updates those files changed since they
            were packed to the archive. This command will not add new files
            to the archive.


    k       Lock archive. Any command which intend to change the archive
            will be ignored.

            Example:

            rar k final.rar


    l[t]    List contents of archive [technical]. Files are listed as with
            the 'v' command with the exception of the file path. i.e. only
            the file name is displayed. Optional technical information is
            displayed when 't' modifier is used.


    m[f]    Move to archive [files only]. Moving files and directories
            results in the files and directories being erased upon
            successful completion of the packing operation. Directories will
            not be removed if 'f' modifier is used and/or '-ed' switch is
            applied.


    p       Print file to stdout.


    r       Repair archive. Archive repairing is performed in two stages.
            First, the damaged archive is searched for a recovery record
            (see 'rr' command). If the archive contains a recovery record
            and if the portion of the damaged data is continuous and less
            than N*512 bytes, where N is number of recovery sectors placed
            into the archive, the chance of successful archive
            reconstruction is very high. When this stage has completed, a
            new archive will be created, called _RECOVER.RAR.

            If a broken archive does not contain a recovery record or if
            the archive is not completely recovered due to major damage, a
            second stage is performed. During this stage only the archive
            structure is reconstructed and it is impossible to recover
            files which fail the CRC validation, it is still possible to
            recover undamaged files which were inaccessible due to the
            broken archive structure. Mostly this is useful for non-solid
            archives.

            When the second stage is completed, the reconstructed archive
            will be saved as _RECONST.RAR.

            While the recovery is in progress, RAR may prompt the user for
            assistance when a suspicious file is detected.

                      Suspicious entry

              Name:  <possibly filename>
              Size:  <size>    Packed: <compressed size>

                      Add it: Yes/No/All

            Answer 'y' to add this entry to the file _RECOVER.RAR.

            Example:

            rar r buggy.rar


    rr[N]   Add data recovery record. Optionally, redundant information
            (recovery record) may be added to an archive.  This will cause
            a small increase of the archive size and helps to recover
            archived files in case of floppy disk failure or data losses of
            any other kind. A recovery record contains up to 8 recovery
            sectors. The number of sectors may be specified directly in the
            'rr' command (N = 1, 2 .. 8) or if it is not specified by the
            user it will be selected automatically according to the archive
            size:

                   Archive size       Number of sectors
                     < 50Kb                   2
                     50Kb-500Kb               4
                     > 500Kb                  8

            If data are damaged continuously then each rr-sector helps to
            recover 512 bytes of damaged information. This value may be
            lower in cases of multiple damage.

            The size of the recovery record may be approximately determined
            by the formula <archive size>/256 + <number of recovery
            sectors>*512 bytes.


    s[name] Convert archive to SFX. The archive is merged with SFX-module
            (using a module in file default.sfx or specified in the switch).
            In the Windows version default.sfx should be placed in the
            same directory as the rar.exe, in Unix - in the user's home
            directory.

    t       Test archive files. This command performs a dummy file
            extraction, writing nothing to the output stream, in order to
            validate the specified file(s).

            Examples:

            Test archives in current directory:

            rar t *

            or for Unix:

            rar t '*'

            User may test archives in all sub-directories, starting
            with the current path:

            rar t -r *

            or for Unix:

            rar t -r '*'


    u       Update files in archive. Adds files not already in the archive
            and updates files changed since they were packed to the archive.


    v[t]    Verbosely list the contents of archive [technical].
            Files are listed using the format: full pathname, file comment,
            original and compressed size, compression ratio, last update
            date and time, attributes, CRC, compression method and minimum
            RAR version required to extract. Optional technical information
            is displayed when 't' modifier is used.

            To list the contents of all archive volumes, use an asterisk
            ('*') in place of the archive file extension or use the '-v'
            switch.

            Example:

            direct archive content list (technical) to a file

            rar vt bambam >bambam.lst


    x       Extract files with full path.

            Example:

            rar x -av- -c- dime 10cents.txt

            extract specified file to current path. AV check and comment
            show are disabled.


    Switches (used in conjunction with a command):


    -?      Display help on commands and switches. The same as when none
            or an illegal command line option is entered.


    --      Stop switches scanning

            This switch tells to RAR that there is no more switches
            in the command line. It could be useful, if either archive
            or file name starts from '-' character. Without '--' switch
            such name would be treated as switch.

            Example:

            add all files from the current directory to the solid archive
            '-StrangeName'

            RAR a -s -- -StrangeName

    -ac     Clear Archive attribute after compression or extraction
            (Windows version only).


    -ag[format]
            Generate archive name using the current date and time.

            Appends the current date string to an archive name when
            creating an archive. Useful for daily backups.

            Format of the appending string is defined by the optional
            "format" parameter or "YYYYMMDDHHMMSS" if this parameter
            is absent. Format string may include the following characters:

            Y   - year
            M   - month
            MMM - month name as text string (Jan, Feb, etc.)
            D   - day
            H   - hours
            M   - minutes (treated as minutes if encountered after hours)
            S   - seconds

            All other characters are added to an archive name without
            changes.

            Examples:

            1) use the default YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format

               rar a -ag backup

            2) use DD-MMM-YY format

               rar a -agDD-MMM-YY backup

            3) use YYYYMMDDHHMM format

               rar a -agYYYYMMDDHHMM backup


    -ao     Add files with Archive attribute set
            (Windows version only).

            Example:

            add all disk C: files with Archive attribute set
            to the 'f:backup' and clear files Archive attribute

            rar a -r -ac -ao f:backup c:\*.*


    -ap     Set path inside archive. This path is merged to file
            names when adding files to an archive and removed
            from file names when extracting.

            For example, if you wish to add the file 'readme.txt'
            to the directory 'DOCS\ENG' of archive 'release',
            you may run:

            rar a -apDOCS\ENG release readme.txt

            or to extract 'ENG' to the current directory:

            rar x -apDOCS release DOCS\ENG\*.*


    -as     Synchronize archive contents

            If this switch is used when archiving, those archived files
            which are not present in the list of the currently added
            files, will be deleted from archive. It is convenient to use
            this switch in combination with -u (update) to synchronize
            contents of an archive and an archiving directory.

            For example, after the command:

            rar a -u -as backup sources\*.cpp

            the archive 'backup.rar' will contain only *.cpp files
            from directory 'sources', all other files will be deleted
            from the archive. It looks similar to creating a new archive,
            but with the one important exception: if no files are
            modified since a last backup, the operation is performed
            much faster than creation of a new archive.


    -av     Put authenticity verification (registered versions only).
            RAR will put, in every new and updated archive, information
            concerning the creator, last update time and archive name.

            If an archive, containing authenticity verification, is being
            modified and this switch is not specified, the authenticity
            verification information will be removed.

            When extracting, testing, listing or updating and archive with
            the '-av' switch, RAR will perform integrity validation and
            display the message:

              Verifying authenticity information ...

            In the case of successful authenticity verification, the message
            'Ok', creator name and last update information will be
            displayed. In the case of authenticity verification failure, the
            message 'FAILED' will be displayed.

            The Authenticity Verification feature, '-av,' is recommended for
            use with archives in a software distribution environment.

            In order to enable the Authenticity verification feature, the
            program MUST be registered. Please contact your local
            distribution site or the world-wide distribution center.


    -av-    Disable AV checking or adding.


    -cfg-   Disable read configuration and environment.


    -cl     Convert file names to lower case.


    -cu     Convert file names to upper case.


    -c-     Disable comments show.


    -df     Delete files after archiving

            Move files to archive. This switch in combination with
            the command "A" performs the same action as the command "M".
           

    -dh     Open shared files

            Allows to process files opened by other applications
            for writing.

            This option could be dangerous, because it allows
            to archive a file, which at the same time is modifying
            by an other application, so use it carefully.


    -ds     Do not sort files while adding to a solid archive.


    -ed     Do not add empty directories

            This switch indicates that empty directories are not to be
            stored in the created archive.


    -ep     Exclude paths from names. This switch enables files to be added
            to an archive without including the path information. This
            could, of course, result in multiple files existing in the
            archive with the same name.


    -ep1    Exclude base dir from names. Do not store the path entered in
            the command line.

            Example:

            all files and directories from the directory tmp will be added
            to the archive 'pasta', but the path will not include 'tmp\'

            rar a -ep1 -r pasta 'tmp\*'

            This is equivalent to the commands:

            cd tmp
            rar a -ep1 -r pasta
            cd ..


    -e<atr> Specifies file exclude attributes mask. <atr> is a number in the
            decimal, octal (with leading '0') or hex (with leading '0x')
            format. If result of bitwise AND between <atr> and file
            attributes is nonzero, then file would not be added to archive.

            In the Windows version also is possible to use instead of
            digital mask symbols D, S, H, A and R to denote directories
            and files with system, hidden, archive and read-only attributes.
            The order in which the attributes are given is not significant.


    -f      Freshen files. May be used with archive extraction or creation.
            The command string "a -f" is equivalent to the command 'f', you
            could also use the switch '-f' with the commands 'm' or 'mf'. If
            the switch '-f' is used with the commands 'x' or 'e', then only
            old files would be replaced with new versions extracted from the
            archive.


    -ierr   Send all messages to stderr.


    -ilog   Log errors to file (registered version only).


    -inul   Disable all messages.


    -isnd   Enable sound.


    -kb     Keep broken extracted files.

            RAR, by default, deletes files with CRC errors after
            extraction. The switch -kb specifies that files with
            CRC errors should not be deleted.


    -m<n>   Set compression method:

       -m0   store     do not compress file when adding to archive
       -m1   fastest   use fastest method (less compressive)
       -m2   fast      use fast compression method
       -m3   normal    use normal (default) compression method
       -m4   good      use good compression method (more
                       compressive, but slower)
       -m5   best      use best compression method (slightly more
                       compressive, but slowest)

            By default RAR uses -m3 method (Normal compression).


    -md<n>  Select dictionary size <n> in Kb. Must be 64, 128, 256, 512 or
            1024 or a letter 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd' or 'e' respectively.

            The sliding dictionary is a special memory area used by the
            compression algorithm. If the size of the file being compressed
            (or the total files size in the case of a solid archive) is
            greater than the dictionary size, then increasing the dictionary
            size will generally increase compression ratio, decrease packing
            speed and increase memory requirements.

            Default sliding dictionary size in 32-bit versions of RAR is 256
            Kb. In RAR versions for Unix, Windows and other 32-bit platforms
            it is possible to select five different sizes: 64, 128, 256, 512
            or 1024 Kb. Besides, speed of extraction in these versions does
            not depend upon dictionary size. In 16-bit version RAR for DOS
            the sliding dictionary size is fixed and equal to 64 Kb.
            Though RAR for DOS provides extracting files from large
            dictionary archives.

            The amount of memory required to create large dictionary
            archives is determined as 5*<dictionary size>+2560Kb. About 1 Mb
            is required for extraction and 5*<dictionary size>+3584Kb to
            update solid archives.

            RAR for DOS can extract from large dictionary archives using
            conventional, EMS and disk memory. If no EMS or disk
            cache is available, the operation may slow down significantly. RAR
            for DOS cannot convert large dictionary archives to SFX with the
            default SFX module and cannot update such solid archives.

            Example:

            RAR a -s -mdd sources *.asm
                or
            RAR a -s -md512 sources *.asm

            Will create a solid archive using a 512 Kb dictionary.

    -mm[f]  Multimedia compression [force]. Enables a special multimedia
            compression algorithm. It is intended to compress digital audio
            data containing up to four 8-bit or two 16-bit channels. It
            works well with  true color (24-bit) bitmaps as well.
            Improvement in the compression ratio up to 30% over the normal
            compression may be achieved.

            When archiving file in the multimedia mode RAR performs
            intelligent data analysis and may use, for different parts of
            the file, general or multimedia compression depending on which
            is more suitable. Such analysis allows optimum performance when
            different data types are merged in the same file. The 'f'
            modifier forces the multimedia compression to be used for the
            whole file; it may help when certain multimedia files are to be
            compressed, but in most cases only increases archive size.

            Both the -m<N> "Set compression method" and -s "Create solid
            archive" switches can be used with multimedia compression,
            but they are in effect for those file parts where the general
            algorithm applies.

            If -mm is used with non-multimedia data, the compression ratio
            is usually unchanged in comparison with the general method, but
            due to multimedia analysis overhead, the packing speed is always
            slower. The usage of -mm is not recommended with normal data
            files.

            Example:

            rar a -m5 -s -mm All_My_Songs.rar *.wav

            Use the tightest compression method, solid archiving and
            multimedia compression with smart analysis, which method
            should be applied for particular data:


    -ol     Save symbolic links as the link instead of the file.
            Unix versions only.


    -ow     Save file owner and group information.
            Unix versions only.


    -o+     Overwrite existing files.


    -o-     Do not overwrite existing files.


    -p<p>   Encrypt files with the string <p> as password while archiving.
            The password is case-sensitive. If you omit the password on the
            command line, you will be prompted with message "Enter password".

            Example:

            rar a -pmyhoney secret1 *.txt

            add files *.txt and encrypt them with password "myhoney".


    -p-     Do not query password


    -r      Recurse subdirectories. May be used with commands:
            a, u, f, m, x, e, t, p, v, l, c, cf and s.

            When used with the commands 'a', 'u', 'f', 'm' will process
            files in all sub-directories as well as the current working
            directory.

            When used with the commands x, e, t, p, v, l, c, cf or s will
            process all archives in sub-directories as well as the current
            working directory.


    -r0     Similar to -r, but when used with the commands 'a', 'u', 'f',
            'm' will recurse subdirectories only for those names, which
            include wildcard characters '*' and '?'


    -ri<p>[:<s>]
            Set priority and sleep time. Available only in RAR for Windows.
            This switch is used to regulate system load by RAR in a
            multitasking environment. The possible task priority values are
            from 0 to 15. When <p> is equal to 0, the default task priority
            is used, 1 corresponding to the lowest task priority, 15 - to
            the highest. The sleep time <s> is a value from 0 to 1000
            (milliseconds). This is the period of time that RAR will give
            back to system after every read or write during the packing or
            unpacking operation. The sleep time setting is useful when
            several tasks with the same priority are running in the system.

            Example:

            execute RAR with default priority and 10 ms of sleep after
            each read or write

            rar a -r -sfx -ri0:10 backup *.*


    -rr[N]  Add a data recovery record. This switch is used when creating or
            modifying archive to add a data recovery record to the archive.
            See the 'rr[N]' command description for details.


    -s      Create solid archive. Solid is a special archive type. Please
            refer to the appendix "Glossary" for further information.

            Example:

            create solid archive sources.rar with 512 Kb dictionary,
            recursing all directories, starting with the current directory.
            Add only .asm files:

            rar a -s -md512 sources.rar *.asm -r


    -s<N>   Create solid groups using file count

            Similar to -s, but reset solid statistics after compressing
            <N> files. Usually decreases compression, but also
            decreases losses in case of solid archive damages.


    -se     Create solid groups using extension

            Similar to -s, but reset solid statistics if file extension
            is changed. Usually decreases compression, but also
            decreases losses from solid archive damages.


    -sv     Create independent solid volumes

            Similar to -s, but reset solid statistics as soon as possible
            when starting a new volume. Ignored, if used to create
            non-volume archive. Usually slightly decreases compression, but
            also seriously decreases data losses, when one volume in volume
            set is damaged. In such case you may try to start extraction
            from the next volume after damaged. Note that because
            of internal buffering, sometimes RAR cannot reset dictionary
            immediately after creating a new volume and one or more small
            files in the beginning of new volume may still use data from
            the previous volume.


    -s-     Disable solid archiving


    -sfx[name]
            Create SFX archives. If this switch is used when creating a new
            archive, a Self-Extracting archive (using a module in file
            default.sfx or specified in the switch) would be created.
            In the Windows version default.sfx should be placed in the
            same directory as the rar.exe, in Unix - in the user's home
            directory.

            Example:

            rar a -sfxwincon.sfx myinst

            create SelF-eXtracting (SFX) archive using wincon.sfx
            SFX-module.


    -tk     Keep original archive date. Prevents RAR from modifying the
            archive date when changing an archive.


    -tl     Set archive time to newest file. Forces RAR to set the date of a
            changed archive to the date of the newest file in the archive.


    -u      Update files. May be used with archive extraction or creation.
            The command string "a -u" is equivalent to the command 'u', you
            could also use the switch '-u' with the commands 'm' or 'mf'. If
            the switch '-u' is used with the commands 'x' or 'e', then files
            not present on the disk and files newer than their copies on the
            disk would extracted from the archive.


    -v<size>[k|b|f]
            Create volumes with size=<size>*1000 [*1024 | *1].
            By default this switch uses <size> as thousands (1000) of bytes
            (not 1024 x bytes). You may also enter the size in kilobytes
            using the symbol 'k', in bytes using the symbol 'b' or
            select one from several predefined values using the symbol 'f'
            following the numerical value. Predefined values can be
            360, 720, 1200, 1440 or 2880 and replaced with corresponding
            floppy disk size.

            If the size is omitted, autodetection will be used.

            If volumes are created on the same drive as the temporary files
            (current drive by default, but may be changed with the switch
            '-w'), the autodetected size becomes meaningless. In this case
            the volume size must be explicitly defined.

            If volumes are created on a drive OTHER than the drive
            containing the temporary files, then after the first volume has
            been created, the user will be prompted with:

              Create next volume: Yes/No/All/Quit

            At this moment in time, you should change the disks. Answering
            'A' will cause all volumes to be created without a pause.

            The first volume file in a multi-volume set has the extension
            .RAR, following volumes are numbered from .R00 to .R99.

            When extracting or testing a multi-volume archive you must use
            only the first volume name (*.RAR). If there is no next volume
            on the drive and the disk is removable, the user will be
            prompted with:

             Insert disk with <next volume name>

            Insert the disk with the correct volume and press any key.

            If while extracting, the next volume is not found and volumes
            are placed on the non-removable disk, RAR will abort with
            the error message:

             Cannot find <volume name>

            Archive volumes may not be modified. The commands 'd', 'f', 'u',
            's' can not be used with Multi-volume sets. The command 'a' may
            be used only for the creation of a new multi-volume sequence.

            It is possible, although unlikely, that the file size, of a file
            in a multi-volume set, could be greater than it's uncompressed
            size. This is due to the fact that 'storing' (no compression if
            size increases) cannot be enabled for multi-volume sets.

            Archive volumes may be Self-Extracting (SFX). Such an archive
            should be created using both the '-v' and '-sfx' switches.

            Example:

            create archive in volumes of fixed size:

            rar a -s -v1440 floparch.rar *.*

            will create solid volumes of size 1440000 bytes.

    -vd     erase disk contents before creating volume

            All files and directories on the target disk will be erased
            when '-vd' is used.  The switch applies only to removable
            media, the hard disk cannot be erased using this switch.

    -w<p>   Assign work directory as <p>. This switch may be used to assign
            the directory for temporary files.


    -x<f>   Exclude specified file <f>, wildcards may be used. You may
            specify the switch '-x' several times:

            Example:

            rar a -r -x*.bak -x*.rar rawfiles

            *.bak and *.rar files will not be added to rawfiles


    -x@<lf> Exclude files using specified list file.

            Example:

            rar a -x@exlist.txt arch *.exe


    -y      Assume Yes on all queries.


    -z<f>   Read archive comment from file <f>.


 Environment variable
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Default parameters may be added to the RAR command line by establishing
    an environment variable "RAR".

    For instance, in UNIX following lines may be added to your profile:

      RAR='-s -md1024'
      export RAR

    RAR will use this string as default parameters in the command line and
    will create "solid" archives with 1024 Kb sliding dictionary size.

    RAR handles options with priority as following:

       command line switches                   highest priority
       switches in the RAR variable            lower priority
       switches saved in configuration file    lowest priority


 Limitations
 ~~~~~~~~~~~

    Pathname is limited to 259 symbols.

    Maximum archive comment length is 62000 bytes.

    Command limitations:

    The commands 'd','u','f','c','cf' will not operate with archive
    volumes.

    The command 'a' cannot be used to update an archive volume, only to
    create one.


 Exit values
 ~~~~~~~~~~~

    RAR exits with a zero code (0) in case of successful operation. The exit
    code of non-zero means the operation is cancelled due to error:

     255   USER BREAK       User stopped the process

       8   MEMORY ERROR     Not enough memory for operation

       7   USER ERROR       Command line option error

       6   OPEN ERROR       Open file error

       5   WRITE ERROR      Write to disk error

       4   LOCKED ARCHIVE   Attempt to modify an archive previously locked
                            by the 'k' command

       3   CRC ERROR        A CRC error occurred when unpacking

       2   FATAL ERROR      A fatal error occurred

       1   WARNING          Non fatal error(s) occurred

       0   SUCCESS          Successful operation (User exit)


 Glossary
 ~~~~~~~~

    Archive      Special file containing one or more files optionally
                 compressed and/or encrypted.

    Compression  A method of encoding data to reduce it's size.

    CRC          Cyclic Redundancy Check. Mathematical method calculating
                 special checking information for data validity.

    SFX          Archive module used to extract files from when executed.
                 (SelF-eXtracting module), usually in the form of a .EXE
                 file.

    Solid        An archive packed using a special compression method which
                 sees all files as one continuous data stream. Particularly
                 advantageous when packing a large number of small files.

    Volume       Part of a split archive. Splitting an archive to volumes
                 allows storing them on diskettes. Solid volumes must be
                 extracted starting from first in sequence.



 Copyrights

    (c) 1993-99 Eugene Roshal



