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# RAR-Unrar version 1.01 - Perl wrapper for unrar.dll. 
# Manipulates RAR format compressed archives by using the unrar dll dynamic library
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# Author: Nikos Vaggalis <nikos.vaggalis@gmail.com>
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RAR::Unrar is a procedural module that provides manipulation (extraction and listing of embedded information) of compressed RAR format archives by interfacing with the unrar.dll dynamic library for Windows.

It uses two functions : list_files_in_archive and process file

The first one lists details embedded into the archive (files bundled into the .rar archive,archive's comments and header info) and the latter extracts the files from the archive.

Both procedures return undef if successfull, and an error description if something went wrong
	$result=process_file($file,$password); 
	print "There was an error : $result" if defined($result);
	
sample usage :

	list_files_in_archive($file,$password); 
	process_file($file,$password); 
	
	#if RAR archive in the same directory as caller
	list_files_in_archive("myfile.rar","mypassword");
    process_file("myfile.rar","mypassword"); 
	
	#absolute path if RAR archive not in the same directory as the caller
	list_files_in_archive("c:\mydirectory\myfile.rar","mypassword");
    process_file("c:\mydirectory\myfile.rar","mypassword"); 
	

Full documentation is available in POD format inside API.pm.

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install

DEPENDENCIES

Must have unrar.dll in %SystemRoot%\System32.
Get it from UnRAR dynamic library for Windows software developers at http://www.rarlab.com/rar/UnRARDLL.exe

This module requires these other modules and libraries:

  Win32::API
  Carp
  File::Basename

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE


Copyright (C) 2009 by Nikos Vaggalis

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.10.0 or,
at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.