• 3 What's New in Rar V5.61

    From Janis Kracht@1:261/38 to All on Wed Nov 28 01:12:28 2018
    You can use -sc<charset>g switch to change the default log file
    encoding, such as -scag for ANSI encoding.

    19. Command line 'r' (repair) command can include an optional destpath\
    parameter defining the destination folder for repaired archive:

    rar r archive.rar destpath\


    Version 4.20

    1. Changes in RAR compression:

    a) RAR general compression algorithm is optimized for better
    utilization of several processor cores. While some speed gain
    is possible even in single processor mode, best results
    are achieved in multi-core environment.

    Speed gain depends on data type and average file size.
    Several cores are utilized more efficiently when compressing
    large files.

    b) we had to increase memory requirements to achieve higher
    compression speed. General RAR compression algorithm allocates
    about 120 MB comparing to 40 MB in WinRAR 4.11;

    c) RAR text compression algorithm cannot utilize several CPU cores
    efficiently, so its performance in multiprocessor environment
    is much lower than for general algorithm. Also its decompression
    speed is much lower than in general algorithm regardless of
    CPU number. So we decided to disable the text algorithm by default.

    If you need maximum possible compression ratio for plain text data
    regardless of speed, you can enable the text compression
    in "Advanced compression parameter" dialog. Press "Compression..."
    button on "Advanced" page of archiving dialog to access it.
    You can also change this option permanently in default compression
    profile;

    In the command line mode the text compression can be enabled
    with -mct switch;

    d) "Fastest" (-m1) compression mode also supports several processor
    cores now. In 4.11 it could use only a single processor core.

    2. RAR general decompression algorithm speed is slightly improved,
    though not to same extent as RAR compression. RAR decompression
    is not able to use several processor cores, so its performance
    does not depend on a number of cores.

    3. Changes in ZIP compression:

    a) now ZIP compression supports several processor cores resulting
    in noticeably higher performance in multi-core environment.
    Single CPU ZIP compression is also faster than in 4.11;

    b) memory use for ZIP compression is increased to about 15 MB.

    4. Recovery volume creating and processing can use several CPU cores
    resulting in higher speed. Though, typically hard drive seek speed
    is a limiting factor for recovery volumes, so this gain is most
    noticeable when working with solid state drive.

    5. Now the allowed <threads> value for -mt<threads> switch is 1 - 32,
    not 0 - 16 as before.

    6. "Find files" command can search data in 7-Zip archives.
    Previously "Find files" did not support .7z archive format.

    7. Windows 2000 is not supported by WinRAR and WinRAR self-extracting
    modules anymore.

    8. "Save current settings" button in "Advanced SFX options" dialog
    is now available only when converting an existing archive to SFX.
    Options saved with this button are applied only to convert to SFX
    operation.

    If you create or update SFX archive, only SFX options stored
    in default compression profile are used. Options saved
    in "Advanced SFX options" dialog are ignored for these operations.


    Version 4.11

    1. Bugs fixed:

    a) WinRAR did not store NTFS "Compressed" attribute, when creating
    RAR archives;

    b) WinRAR crashed in command line mode if @filelist parameter
    was present and 'filelist' did not exist. This bug affected
    only WinRAR.exe, not RAR.exe;

    c) if -x*\somefolder\* exclusion mask was specified when archiving
    and if name of current folder contained 'somefolder',
    WinRAR excluded all files and stopped creating an archive;

    d) GUI self-extracting archives did not work in Windows
    Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE).


    Version 4.10

    1. WinRAR can create ZIP archives of practically any size.

    2 GB archive size and 65535 file number ZIP limitations of previous
    WinRAR versions are not valid anymore.

    2. WinRAR can create multivolume ZIP archives, which are also known as
    split ZIP files.

    ZIP volumes have names like 'volname.zip', 'volname.z01', 'volname.z02'.
    Use a volume with ".zip" file extension in all archive processing
    operations like starting extraction or opening an archive.

    Unlike RAR volumes, ZIP volumes cannot be self-extracting.

    WinRAR needs to have access to all ZIP volumes of multivolume file set
    at the same time, when creating or unpacking them. So it is impossible
    to create or unpack ZIP volumes on removable disks, one volume
    per disk. You need to create them all in the same folder.

    3. Added the high precision file time support in ZIP archives.
    WinRAR can store and extract modification, creation and last access
    file time in ZIP archives with 100 nanosecond precision.

    You need to set "High precision modification time" option in "Time"
    part of archiving dialog to store all 3 times in archive.
    Set appropriate "File time" options in "Advanced" part of extraction
    dialog to choose times to extract.

    4. Added support for Unicode names stored in ZIP extra field data.
    Different ZIP tools store Unicode names either in file header
    or in ZIP extra field and now WinRAR can correctly process both types
    of Unicode names.

    5. "Synchronize archive contents" option and -as command line switch are
    supported in ZIP format.

    6. Modifications of switch -ag behavior:

    a) -ag can be used with all RAR and WinRAR commands, not just
    with archiving only;

    b) 'N' format character behavior differs in archiving and non-archiving
    operations. When archiving, it is incremented until the first unused
    name is found. In non-archiving operations like extracting it selects
    the existing archive preceding the first unused name;

    c) 'I' format character allows to specify minutes regardless of presence
    and position of 'H' (hours) in format string. It can be used
    instead of 'M' (minutes), when you wish to place minutes before hours
    or do not need hours at all.

    7. By default, WinRAR proposes to update an archive if viewer modified
    an opened file or created any new files. New "Ignore modifications for"
    option in "Settings/Viewer" dialog allows to disable such behavior.
    You can enter one or several file masks separated by spaces here
    and WinRAR will not prompt to update an archive if file created
    or modified by viewer matches one of these masks.

    8. Changes in volume size input field. Now you can select size units
    in the drop down list to the right of volume size. Previous way
    to define size modifiers, by entering 'k', 'm', etc. character
    after the numeric size value, is also supported.

    9. Changes in "Predefined sizes" in "Define volume sizes" dialog.
    Floppies and ZIP disks are replaced by 5 MB and 100 MB volumes,
    added new entries for maximum FAT32 file size and for Blu-ray disks.

    10. New "Wipe files if password is set" option in "Options" page of
    archiving dialog. If you prefer to always delete encrypted files
    securely, you can enable "Wipe files if password is set"
    in the default compression profile.

    11. New "Wipe temporary files/Encrypted only" option in "Settings/Security".
    It allows to use a slower and more secure delete for temporary files
    extracted from archives identified by WinRAR as encrypted.
    Quick delete is used for all other temporary files.

    12. Changes in "Convert archives" command:

    a) now it is possible to convert encrypted archives. Previously
    "Convert archives" command skipped them.

    Though, if you still prefer to skip them, you can do it
    by enabling "Skip encrypted archives" option in "Convert archives"
    dialog. It might be useful if you wish to run the conversion
    command in unattended mode, avoiding password prompts;

    b) special "rar2" archive type, which was specific for RAR 1.x
    and 2.x archives, is removed. Now "rar" archive type controls
    conversion of all versions of RAR archives.

    Since the convert command does not need to detect RAR archive
    version anymore, the initial search for archives is performed
    faster, resulting in shorter delay before displaying
    "Convert archives" dialog.

    13. New -log[fmt][=name] switch allows to write archive and file names
    to log file in archiving command for RAR and ZIP formats and also
    in extracting, deleting and listing commands for RAR format.

    This switch is especially useful, when you need to further process
    an archive created with -ag or -v switches, because -log provides
    the archive name generated by WinRAR.

    14. New -@[+] switch allows to process all parameters starting from
    '@' character either as file names (-@) or as file lists (-@+).

    15. "Setup program" SFX options are moved from "General" to "Setup" page
    of "Advanced SFX options" dialog. Both "Run after extraction"
    and "Run before extraction" are now multiline, so it is possible
    to specify several setup programs for same SFX archive.

    16. "SetupCode" SFX script command instructs SFX archive to wait
    for termination of setup program and return the exit code of
    setup program increased by 1000 as the exit code of SFX executable.

    GUI equivalent of this command is "Wait and return exit code" option
    on "Setup" page of "Advanced SFX options" dialog.

    17. SFX does not support "S" (create in the top level of Start Menu)
    "Shortcut" command mode anymore. Recent Windows versions do not allow
    programs to add items to the top of Start Menu.

    18. Volume size in archiving and wizard dialogs can be specified as
    a decimal fraction. Decimal mark is defined by Windows regional
    settings.

    -v<size> command line switch also allows decimal fractions.
    In command line mode the dot (.) is always used as the decimal mark.
    For example, -v1.5g switch means 1.5 gigabytes.


    Version 4.01

    1. Added support for file sizes stored in binary format in TAR archives.
    Some TAR archives use the binary size format instead of octal
    for files larger than 8 GB.

    2. Bugs fixed:

    a) "Repair" command failed to properly reconstruct structure
    of RAR archives, which contained at least one file with packed
    size exceeding 4 GB.

    This bug did not affect the recovery record based repair.
    It happened only if recovery record was not found and WinRAR
    performed reconstruction of archive structure;

    b) even if "Do not extract paths" option in "Advanced" part of
    extraction dialog was set as the default, WinRAR still unpacked
    file paths if called from Explorer context menu;

    c) after entering a wrong password for encrypted ZIP archive,
    sometimes WinRAR ignored subsequent attempts to enter a valid
    password;

    d) "Wizard" command did not allow to create self-extracting
    and multivolume archives, when compressing a single folder
    or a file without extension;

    e) "Import settings from file" command did not restore multiline
    comments in WinRAR compression profiles;

    f) when converting RAR volumes having name1.name2.part#.rar name format,
    "Convert archives" command erroneously removed ".name2" name part.
    So resulting archive had name1.rar file name instead of expected
    name1.name2.rar;

    g) RAR could crash when creating a new archive with -agNNN switch
    if archive number in generated name was 110 or larger;

    h) WinRAR failed to display non-English file names in 7-Zip archives
    properly if they used a non-default code page. It was the display
    only problem, such names were unpacked correctly.


    Version 4.00

    1. RAR decompression speed is improved. Depending on data type,
    decompression can be up to 30% faster than in previous versions.

    Both the general RAR algorithm and most of special RAR multimedia
    methods benefit from this improvement. The only module of RAR
    algorithm, which is not affected, is "Text compression" method.

    2. Changes in ISO support:

    a) UDF support is upgraded to UDF 2.50 revision. It makes possible
    to unpack most of Blu-ray ISO files;

    b) when browsing UDF ISO file, UDF revision number is displayed
    after the "UDF" format name in WinRAR address bar
    and in archive information dialog;

    c) WinRAR sets the folder modification date when unpacking folders
    stored in UDF and ISO9660 files.

    3. Changes in password dialog:

    a) WinRAR uses the same format of password dialog both when archiving
    and extracting, so "Show password" option is available also
    when extracting;

    b) "Organize passwords..." button in password dialog provides
    access to password organizer interface, where you can specify
    your frequently used passwords. You will be able to access these
    saved passwords using the drop down list or autocomplete feature
    in password dialog.

    It is important to know that saved passwords are not encrypted
    and anybody having access to your computer can view them.
    Use "Organize passwords" feature only if your computer is
    protected from unauthorized access;

    c) "Use for all archives" option is available in password dialog
    when unpacking several archives at once. You can utilize it
    to apply an entered password to all archives.

    If you use this option with an empty password, WinRAR will skip
    all encrypted archives;

    d) Unlike previous versions, the password from default compression
    profile is not used for extraction.

    If you wish to use the same password for all extracting archives,
    press "Organize passwords..." button in the password dialog
    and define a new password entry, specifying "*" file mask
    in "Select for archives" field.

    4. In Windows 7 WinRAR will display the total operation progress
    also on WinRAR icon on Windows taskbar. You can disable it using
    "Taskbar progress bar" option on "General" page of WinRAR settings.

    5. Numerous Unicode support improvements allow to process non-English
    file names more smoothly. These improvements include:

    a) better Unicode handling in WinRAR in "Rename", "Convert",
    "Find" and other commands, in folder tree panel, in password
    request dialog and in many other parts of WinRAR interface;

    b) correctly displayed Unicode names in WinRAR items in Explorer
    context menus;

    c) Unicode support in .lng files, making WinRAR localization
    possible for Unicode only languages.

    6. Changes in -x<file> switch syntax. Now you can specify a wildcard
    exclusion mask for folders. Such mask must have the trailing '\'
    character, like -x*tmp*\ or -x*\temp\

    7. New "Extract relative paths" option in "Advanced" part of extraction
    dialog. If you browse some archive subfolder in WinRAR shell
    and enable "Extract relative paths" option, the path part up to
    and including the current subfolder will be removed from extracted
    file paths.

    For example, if you are inside of "Backup\MyData" archive folder
    and extract "Images" folder, it will be extracted as "Images",
    not as "Backup\MyData\Images".

    This option is the new default extraction mode, but you can change
    the default back to WinRAR 3.x style. Just select "Extract full paths"
    and then press "Save settings" in "General" part of extraction dialog.

    8. Windows 98, Windows Me and Windows NT are not supported by WinRAR
    and WinRAR self-extracting modules anymore. Minimum Windows version
    required for WinRAR 4.0 is Windows 2000.

    If you need to run WinRAR on older Windows, you can download
    previous WinRAR versions from ftp://ftp.rarlab.com/rar

    9. If TAR, TAR.GZ or TAR.BZ2 archive contains symbolic or hard links
    and if destination file system is NTFS, WinRAR will create these
    links when unpacking such archive. WinRAR will create symbolic links
    as symbolic and hard links as hard in Windows Vista and newer
    and it will create all links as hard in older Windows.

    If destination file system is FAT32 or any other not supporting
    file links, WinRAR will skip links when unpacking TAR, TAR.GZ
    and TAR.BZ2 archives.

    10. Recovery volume processing involves less disk seek operations
    resulting in higher performance.

    11. You can select Windows 7 library in tree panel in extraction dialog
    and WinRAR will use its default save location as the destination path.

    12. "Report" command allows to select HTML, Unicode text and usual text
    as output format for report file. Unlike previous WinRAR versions,
    now WinRAR preservers Unicode characters in reports when using HTML
    or Unicode text format. So non-English characters in file names
    will be displayed properly in such reports.

    13. Message list in GUI SFX archives displays only operation status
    and error messages. It does not contain names of all extracted files
    anymore. This change improves the speed and reduces memory requirements
    for SFX archives containing a large number of files. Also it makes
    easier to locate error messages, because they are not hidden among
    extracted file names.

    14. GUI SFX archives display "Extract" button instead of "Install"
    if no "Setup" or "Presetup" commands are present in the archive
    comment. If you prefer "Install" button, but do not need to
    execute any setup programs, you can add "Setup=<>" command.

    15. WinRAR displays the current percent above the operation progress bar
    when repairing an archive containing the recovery record
    and when processing recovery volumes.

    16. WinRAR limits the maximum possible volume size to 4 GB minus 1 byte
    when creating RAR volumes on a disk with FAT or FAT32 file system
    in volume size autodetecting mode. These file systems do not support
    4 GB and larger files.

    17. If "Wait if other WinRAR copies are active" option is enabled
    and WinRAR waits for another copy, you can press "Continue" button
    in command progress window to force WinRAR to stop waiting.
    So now "Continue" button allows to override the state of
    "Wait if other WinRAR copies are active" option for current operation.

    18. WinRAR displays one password request instead of two, when saving
    an encrypted file back to RAR or ZIP archive after modifying it
    in some external editor. Previous WinRAR versions usually requested
    the password twice, both when extracting the original file
    and archiving its modified copy. Only RAR archives with encrypted
    file names were processed with the single password prompt.

    19. New error code 10 ("no files") is added to list of error codes
    returned in command line mode by RAR and WinRAR. This new code
    can be returned by archive, extract, delete and repair commands.
    It means that RAR did not find any files matched the specified
    file or archive mask.

    20. File name area in file overwrite dialog occupies several lines now.
    It makes possible to display much longer names.

    21. Now switch -ep3 converts not only disk letters, but also UNC paths.
    So \\server\share will be converted to __server\share when archiving
    and restored to the original \\server\share when extracting with -ep3.

    22. New "Background extraction" option in "Advanced" part of extraction
    dialog places WinRAR into background, when extracting files.
    You can save its default state with "Save settings" button in "General"
    part of extraction dialog, just like for other extraction options.

    "Background archiving" option from the default compression profile
    does not affect the extraction behavior anymore.

    23. "Mode..." button in operation progress window is enabled also
    when extracting or testing archives. It provides access to
    "Command parameters" dialog, where you can set "Turn PC off when done"
    option for extraction and test operations.

    Previously this dialog was accessible only when archiving.

    24. Bugs fixed:

    a) renaming a file in archive could also rename all other files
    with the same name in other folders of the same archive;

    b) previous versions displayed the wrong total packed size
    in "Info" command for multivolume CAB archives;

    c) in ZIP archives 'U' (update) and 'F' (fresh) commands could
    erroneously update even files not specified in the command line.
    It happened only for files in current folder which names matched
    files in ZIP archive. This bug was not present in usual 'A' (add)
    archiving mode.

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