UnRAR, Rar and WinRAR support all unpacking multiple *.rar files in a directory without the need of a batch file with a FOR loop with a single command. For unpacking a multi-volume archive it is enough to specify on command line the file name of.

Last updated on This guide describes the use of the WinRAR command-line tools (v5. Glary Utilities Pro With Serial more. 01) for compressing and uncompressing files in a directory and their use in batch files (for IZArc and 7-zip, see ). This guide is an extension of a previous post, that explained the use of the command-line tools for two free compression utilities, and. The information in this guide was tested on a Windows PC running Vista. Is a popular and powerful archive manager that can be used from the command-line or with scripting languages such as batch files. It includes two command-line tools, rar.exe and unrar.exe, where rar.exe compresses and unrar.exe uncompresses files.

Both are located in the “C: Program Files WinRAR” folder in the installable version. Although WinRAR is shareware, it can be used on a trial basis for 40 days.

Using WinRAR’s command-line tools is similar to those for IZArc and 7-Zip. The syntax for using the WinRAR executables is: RAR or UNRAR - - To get a listing of the options for the rar and unrar commands, open a command window, cd to the WinRAR directory, and type rar or unrar and then press enter (rar /? Or rar help may also be used, use rar >rar_cmds.txt or unrar >unrar_cmds.txt to print the command options to a file). For more detailed information, open the rar.txt file in the WinRAR directory which contains the RAR console version user’s manual.