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Re: RAR under linux: any alternative?



Wesley J. Landaker wrote:
> Well, just use md5sum, sha1sum, etc.

    Against what, exactly?  How do these verify the contents within that
discrete piece of the archive?

> Or use .zip with zipsplit -n . . . I
> don't see that rar has any particular advantage there.

    Point being was that split is a very clunky way to do things.  Rar's
splitting is far superior to both the above mentioned hacks.

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