This is Python module for Rar archive reading. The interface is made as zipfile like as possible.

The archive structure parsing and uncompressed files are handled in pure python, for compressed files is calls ‘unrar’ command line utility.

Features:

  • Supports RAR 3.x archives.

  • Supports multi volume archives.

  • Supports Unicode filenames.

Missing features:

  • Password-protected archives.

  • Comment handling. (archive, file)

  • Decompression through unrarlib and/or unrar.dll.

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  • Released:
Newer release available (4.5)

1 maintainer

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Credits

Author: Marko Kreen

License

BSD License (BSD)

Tags

rar archive

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Metadata

Project links

Key dates

PyPI data
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  • Released:
Newer release available (4.5)

1 maintainer

PyPI data
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Credits

Author: Marko Kreen

License

BSD License (BSD)

Tags

rar archive

Classifiers

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