Is there any way to read the content of a RAR file (support for multi-file RAR is a must)?
I don't want to extract the content to the disk, just read it like a stream.
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3Dupe http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11737/net-library-to-unzip-zip-and-rar-files – Sam Saffron Jun 22 '09 at 07:27
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He just want to unpack i want to read the content like a stream.... – Peter Jun 22 '09 at 07:42
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Low level lib to work with 7z.dll (supports rar archives, incliding multi-part, works with .net streams):
C# (.net) interface for 7-Zip archive dlls
And more high-level lib based on the first one:
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Install NUnrar from nuget
RarArchive file = RarArchive.Open("rar file path");//@"C:\test.rar"
foreach (RarArchiveEntry rarFile in file.Entries)
{
string path = "extracted file path";//@"C:\"
rarFile.WriteToDirectory(path);
}
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That does not read it like a stream is just reads the content file names and puts them in a text box – Peter Jun 22 '09 at 09:39
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My unrar project, http://nunrar.codeplex.com/ aims to be very .NETty and has streaming support. If you need something else, please suggest or give me a patch.
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Another possibility is using including the rar command-line executable as application ressource and call it via System.Diagnostics.Process.
You may want to redirect the input/output stream.
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If you want to directly access files stored in uncompressed rar files, then this answer might be of use.
ReScene is a project for recreating rar archives from the extracted files. You need a .srr file for this. The source code is available. You may want to take a look at RarStream.cs.
