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hasse69 / rar2fs

FUSE file system for reading RAR archives
https://hasse69.github.io/rar2fs/
GNU General Public License v3.0
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read/write access inside rar files #183

Closed anmac1789 closed 7 months ago

anmac1789 commented 8 months ago

Can this do read-write of rar archives when mounted in a folder on zorin OS ?

hasse69 commented 8 months ago

Not sure I completely understand the question. If it is about if rar2fs should be possible to run on Zorin OS then the answer is yes. But if it is about write support the answer is no, which has nothing to do with what OS it is but rather because the RAR license prevents it.

anmac1789 commented 8 months ago

Not sure I completely understand the question. If it is about if rar2fs should be possible to run on Zorin OS then the answer is yes. But if it is about write support the answer is no, which has nothing to do with what OS it is but rather because the RAR

Isnt rar shareware ?

hasse69 commented 8 months ago

No, it is not completely open source, see section 2 in the UnRAR license. There is no support library that supports RAR archive creation for this reason.

https://github.com/pmachapman/unrar/blob/master/license.txt