From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 14 09:11:12 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2974B16A4BF for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 09:11:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp02.wxs.nl (smtp02.wxs.nl [195.121.6.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8276943FBD for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 09:11:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from akruijff@kruij557.speed.planet.nl) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186]) by smtp02.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HL700K31OVJCK@smtp02.wxs.nl> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 18:09:19 +0200 (MEST) Received: from Intranet.lan (akruijff@localhost [127.0.0.1]) h8EG52bC089124;akruijff@Intranet.lan) Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by Intranet.lan (8.12.8p1/8.12.8/Submit) id h8EG519X089123; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 18:05:01 +0200 (CEST envelope-from akruijff) Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 18:05:01 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: <5.2.0.9.2.20030914054831.00a178b0@pop.voyager.net> To: Dragoncrest Message-id: <20030914160501.GA89077@dds.nl> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i References: <5.2.0.9.2.20030914054831.00a178b0@pop.voyager.net> cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Replacement for WinRar? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 16:11:12 -0000 On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 05:57:44AM -0700, Dragoncrest wrote: > I know that there's a list out there that states xx nix app will > replace yy windows app (got the bookmark to it. hehe) but one thing the > list doesn't tell me is what is a good replacement in nix that does > everything winrar does. I love winrar cause it takes all the power of rar > and puts it into one very simple and easy to use graphical interface. I'd > love to be able to do much the same things with rar when I'm in KDE, so I'm > looking for something other than Ark that would do the trick and be as > useful as winrar. Anyone know of any? Thanks. Anyone know from > experience which nix apps will do what I'm wanting to? The list suggests > these apps. I use the command line version of rar under FreeBSD. Its in the port system. # cd /usr/ports/ # make search name="rar" -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/