WinRAR is a popular proprietary file archiver and compression utility for Windows, developed by Eugene Roshal and first released in 1995. It is known for creating and extracting RAR and ZIP archives, offering a rich set of features for compressing, protecting, and managing files. WinRAR has been widely adopted by both home and business users due to its strong compression ratios for certain data types, broad format support, and extensive functionality.
Some older systems still use FTP. WinRAR’s FTP server is:
ftp://ftp.win-rar.com/
Connect via terminal using:
ftp ftp.win-rar.com
Then navigate to the correct directory and get the file.
To use rar commands from any directory, add WinRAR to your PATH variable.
Via Command Prompt (admin):
setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\Program Files\WinRAR" /M
Via PowerShell (admin):
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", $env:Path + ";C:\Program Files\WinRAR", [EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine)
Restart your terminal. Now, typing rar will display the help menu.
rar a -v100M -pSecurePass -r secret.rar "C:\SensitiveData"