Archive::Rar

Current version is 2.02.

Note

Originally written by Jean-Marc Boulade, I just maintain this distribution.

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README

This is the README file for Archive::Rar, the Perl module for creation
and manipulation of rar files.

* Installation

Archive::Rar uses the standard perl module install process

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test (optional but recommended)
make install

This module uses no C-coded parts in itself, but it uses
the rar command available under Windsows (WinRar) and Linux.
Archive::Rar don't work without that.

* important changes for version 0.072.

Fixes a problem with systems that don't like open files being deleted.
It also has an explicit copyright notice so folks like Debian can
redistribute it in peace, and an new custodial maintainer due to
Calle's suffering Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

Get better soon, Calle!

* important changes for version 1.9

This is the first public version

If you use this module at all, please mail
 and tell me what
you think of it.

Documentation

Archive::Rar
Archive::Rar::Passthrough

Change Log


Version 2.02: 2008-03-06  steffen mueller 
	* Remove debugging statements from last release.

Version 2.01: 2008-03-06  steffen mueller 
	* Patch from Francesco Rotondella:
	  --> Add GetBareList() method.
	  --> Better shell escaping.
	  --> Some more cosmetics.

Version 2.00_02: 2008-02-29  steffen mueller 
	* Fix A::R::Passthrough's Win32.
	* Skip searching for 'rar' during Makefile.PL on win32.

Version 2.00_01: 2008-02-29  steffen mueller 
	* Add more tests.
	* Add Archive::Rar::Passthrough: A minimal 'rar' wrapper
	  which tries to much more portable and safe.
	* Eventually Archive::Rar might become a wrapper of said
	  module...
	* More Archive::Rar code cleanup
	* Depend on IPC::Cmd and IPC::Run.
	* Cool, a leap year! :)

Version 1.96_01: 2008-02-28  steffen mueller 
	* Add rudimentary test suite.
	* Remove some goto()'s. Yes you read that right.
	* General code cleanup in preparation of bigger changes.
	* Slightly more documentation.
	* Depend on having Perl 5.004 at least.

Version 1.95: 2008-02-20  steffen mueller 
	* Fix RT #33459. (Francesco Rotondella)

Version 1.94: 2008-02-03  steffen mueller 
	* Upgrade to newest Module::Install again.
	* Big patch from Francesco Rotondella:
	  --> Fix overwrite option to constructor. (#32623)
	  --> Error with blanks in file name (#31835)
	  --> Previously could only open files with .RAR
	      extension (#32090).
	  --> Extract to cwd (#32196)
	  --> Implement lowprio feature.

Version 1.93: 2007-06-17  steffen mueller 
	
	* Upgrade to newest Module::Install.
	* Fix formatting bug. (RT #27593)
	* Fix List method -files default (RT #1924)

Version 1.92: 2006-12-16  steffen mueller 
	
	* Switch to using Module::Install as a build tool so we can test
	  for the availability of 'rar' during Makefile.PL.
	* Remove additional "$version" variable from lib/Archive/Rar.pm

Version 1.91: 2006-12-14  steffen mueller 

	Some of these changes were contributed by Alexandr Ciornii:
	* Changed distribution file layout to be a little more modern.
	* Added dependency on Data::Dumper to Makefile.PL.
	* Added dependency on Win32::Registry to Makefile.PL (for win32 only).
	* Machine-readable license statement in Makefile.PL.
	* Add META.yml to distribution.
	* Corrected MANIFEST.
	* Now using "use strict".
	* Removed "#!/usr/local/bin" from module.
	* Converted to unix line endings.
	* Corrected error in README.
	* Converted tests to use Test::Simple.
	* Added (optional!) POD tests.

Version 1.9: 2002-03-24  jean-marc boulade 

	* First public version.