RAR

RAR is a Ruby wrapper for the command-line application rar, also known as WinRAR for Windows. A free evaluation copy can be obtained from RarLab.

WinRAR must be installed for this gem to work.

• Download the installer files and extract.
• Copy the file titled 'rar' into a folder that's in your $PATH such as /usr/local/bin. If you're not sure what folders are in your path, run echo $PATH.
• Open a new terminal window and test installation by running rar. If you see information about WinRAR, it installed correctly.

gem install rar

And you're all set. Extra dependencies will automatically be installed.

Creating an archive and adding arbitrary files to it is simple!

require 'rar'

archive = RAR::Archive.new 'archive.rar'

archive.add_file 'some-file.txt'
archive.add_file 'some-other-file.jpg'

archive.create!

RAR provides a mapping of verbosely named options for ease of use.

archive = RAR::Archive.new 'archive.rar', volume_size: 15_000_000

archive.add_file 'some-file.txt'
archive.add_file 'some-large-file.bin'

archive.create!

This example splits the archive into multiple volumes with a size of 15MB.

To see more options, take a look at the documentation.

1. Fork it!
2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
5. Submit a pull request

v0.1

• Initial release.