Package: unrar Severity: important Control: tags -1 patch
The Debian manpage for unrar is outdated for a long time. Please find a patch included that applies on top of 1:6.0.7-3.
From: Bastian Germann <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 09:07:02 +0200 Subject: Update manpage to v6.0 The Debian manpage for unrar is outdated for a long time. Update the options to the options available in current version. This includes removing the non-existent -av switch. Also, correct the section headers to align with Debian standards better. --- debian/unrar-nonfree.1 | 113 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 97 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/unrar-nonfree.1 b/debian/unrar-nonfree.1 index 8f85c2e..c9c8616 100644 --- a/debian/unrar-nonfree.1 +++ b/debian/unrar-nonfree.1 @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -.TH UNRAR 1 02.11.1999 "" "RAR archiver" +.TH UNRAR 1 2021-09-20 "" "RAR archiver" .SH NAME unrar \- extract files from rar archives .SH SYNOPSIS .B unrar .IR command " [" \-switch " \&...\&] " archive \ -" [" file " \&...\&] [" path " \&...\&]" +" [" file " \&...\&] [" @listfiles " \&...\&] [" path " \&...\&]" .SH "DESCRIPTION" This manual page documents briefly the .B unrar @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. .br -Commands and options described here are as of unrar 2.02. +Commands and options described here are as of unrar 6.0. .SH COMMANDS After the program name comes a command and then optional switches with dashes before them. @@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ without options. .B e Extract files to current directory. .TP -.B l -List archive content. +.B l[t[a],b] +List archive content [technical[all], bare]. .TP .B p Print file to stdout. @@ -34,25 +34,61 @@ Print file to stdout. .B t Test archive files. .TP -.B v -Verbosely list archive. +.B v[t[a],b] +Verbosely list archive [technical[all], bare]. .TP .B x Extract files with full path. -.SH SWITCHES +.SH OPTIONS .B NOTE: Every switch must be separated by a whitespace. You cannot put them together. .TP -.B \-av\- -Disable Authenticity Verification check. +.B \- +Stop switches scanning. +.TP +.B @[+] +Disable [enable] file lists. +.TP +.B \-ad[1,2] +Alternate destination path +.TP +.B \-ag[format] +Generate archive name using the current date. +.TP +.B \-ai +Ignore file attributes. +.TP +.B \-ap<path> +Set path inside archive. .TP .B \-c\- Disable comments show. .TP +.B \-cfg- +Disable read configuration. +.TP +.B \-cl +Convert names to lower case. +.TP +.B \-cu +Convert names to upper case. +.TP +.B \-dh +Open shared files. +.TP +.B \-ep +Exclude paths from names. +.TP +.B \-ep3 +Expand paths to full name. +.TP .B \-f Freshen files. .TP +.B \-id[c,d,n,p,q] +Display or disable messages. +.TP .B \-kb Keep broken extracted files. .TP @@ -62,12 +98,30 @@ Send all messages to stderr. .B \-inul Disable all messages. .TP +.B \-n<file> +Additionally filter included files. +.TP +.B \-n@ +Read additional filter masks from stdin. +.TP +.B \-n@<list> +Read additional filter masks from list file. +.TP .B \-o+ Overwrite existing files. .TP .B \-o\- Do not overwrite existing files. .TP +.B \-ol[a] +Process symbolic links as the link [absolute paths]. +.TP +.B \-or +Rename files automatically. +.TP +.B \-ow +Save or restore file owner and group. +.TP .BI \-p password Set password. .TP @@ -77,16 +131,46 @@ Do not query password. .B \-r Recurse subdirectories. .TP +.B \-sc<chr>[obj] +Specify the character set. +.TP +.B \-sl<size> +Process files with size less than specified. +.TP +.B \-sm<size> +Process files with size more than specified. +.TP +.B \-ta[mcao]<d> +Process files modified after <d> YYYYMMDDHHMMSS date. +.TP +.B \-tb[mcao]<d> +Process files modified before <d> YYYYMMDDHHMMSS date. +.TP +.B \-tn[mcao]<t> +Process files newer than <t> time. +.TP +.B \-to[mcao]<t> +Process files older than <t> time. +.TP +.B \-ts[m,c,a,p] +Save or restore time (modification, creation, access, preserve). +.TP .B \-u Update files. .TP .B \-v List all volumes. .TP -.BI \-x file +.B \-ver[n] +File version control. +.TP +.B \-vp +Pause before each volume. +.TP +.BI \-x<file> Exclude specified file. .TP -.BI \-x@ list +.BI \-x@<list> Exclude files in specified list file. .TP .B \-x@ @@ -102,19 +186,16 @@ Assume Yes on all queries. .IP "/usr/local/lib/.rarrc" .IP "/usr/local/etc/.rarrc" UnRAR (and RAR) configuration file. - .IP "Syntax: (switches for all commands)" switches=<any RAR switches separated by spaces> .IP "Syntax: (switches for specific command)" switches_<command>=<any RAR switches separated by spaces> - .IP Example: switches=-m5 -s .br switches_a=-m5 -s .br switches_x=-o+ - -.SH AUTHOR +.SH AUTHORS This manual page was written by Petr Cech <[email protected]> according to "unrar" for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

