2 rarfile - RAR archive reader for Python
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5 This is Python module for RAR_ archive reading. The interface
6 is made as zipfile_ like as possible. Licensed under ISC_
11 - Supports both RAR3 and RAR5 format archives.
12 - Supports multi volume archives.
13 - Supports Unicode filenames.
14 - Supports password-protected archives.
15 - Supports archive and file comments.
16 - Archive parsing and non-compressed files are handled in pure Python code.
17 - Compressed files are extracted by executing external tool: either ``unrar``
18 from RARLAB_ or ``bsdtar`` from libarchive_.
19 - Works with both Python 2.7 and 3.x.
26 Module Documentation <api>
38 .. _RAR: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAR
39 .. _zipfile: http://docs.python.org/library/zipfile.html
40 .. _ISC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISC_license
41 .. _libarchive: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive
42 .. _RARLAB: http://www.rarlab.com/