RAR archives where the file names are encrypted

Hurdet · Post by *Hurdet » 2009-07-22, 23:15 UTC

"Internal unpacking of multi-part RAR archives, and RAR archives where the file names are encrypted"

I have a rar file where the file names are encrypted but TC not show nothing.

fenix_productions · Post by *fenix_productions » 2009-07-22, 23:35 UTC

2Hurdet
Total Commander can unpack such archives without any problems, as your note says. There is no information about browsing them

It was proposed in the past to show the content of such archives but it is still not implemented.

Hurdet · Post by *Hurdet » 2009-07-23, 05:10 UTC

How to unpack rar if i not see the incluses files?

ZoSTeR · Post by *ZoSTeR » 2009-07-23, 07:33 UTC

Don't enter the archive. Just select it and press Unpack (Alt+F9).

Hurdet · Post by *Hurdet » 2009-07-23, 09:26 UTC

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2009-07-23, 14:38 UTC

You can also enter it an press Alt+F9 or choose Files - Unpack files.

Post by *Hacker » 2009-07-28, 17:06 UTC

[mod]Moved to the English forum.

Hacker (Moderator)[/mod]

Sam_Zen · Post by *Sam_Zen » 2009-07-29, 01:26 UTC

I dunno if 'encrypted file names' means the same as having a rar-file needing a password.

I have no external tools for handling the RAR format, so after unpacking such a file, it shows empty.
But when I used the 7-ZIP plugin as unpacker, everything went ok.

Hurdet · Post by *Hurdet » 2009-07-29, 05:20 UTC

How to use the 7-ZIP plugin as unpacker for rar?

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2009-07-29, 10:27 UTC

You can't. Why not use the built-in RAR unpacker?

Boofo · Post by *Boofo » 2009-07-29, 22:38 UTC

Sometimes it is nice to know what is in the RAR file without having to unpack it first.

StatusQuo · Post by *StatusQuo » 2009-07-29, 23:04 UTC

Boofo wrote:Sometimes it is nice to know what is in the RAR file without having to unpack it first.

Agree. As Alt+F9 works, accessing the encrypted names seems to be no problem.
Maybe if TC gets an empty file list after opening such an archive, it could ask for the password, then reread the file list inside?

Sam_Zen wrote:I dunno if 'encrypted file names' means the same as having a rar-file needing a password.

Not quite - normal encryption is just applied to the content of the packed files. RAR has an additional feature of also encrypting (hiding) the included file names.

Yuta · Post by *Yuta » 2009-07-30, 04:48 UTC

StatusQuo wrote:RAR has an additional feature of also encrypting (hiding) the included file names.

Can I do it with TC's built-in RAR packer?

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2009-07-30, 15:16 UTC

There is no built-in RAR packer. You can try to use this feature via the RAR command line, or winrar.ini.