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		1MachineElf on Nov 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hop: Faster than unzip and tar at reading individu... Is there anything like this for RAR files? I'm looking for an alternative to unrar, as I've recently learned that it's code is actually non-free.

BlackLotus89 on Nov 10, 2021 [–]

I think maybe you misunderstood this project....

Anyway libarchive can read rar files so just use bsdtar. It can do many other archive files [0] like cpio as well. One standardized interface for everything is nice

[0] https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive#supported-formats

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