How do I join two .rar folders?

Mon Jan 19 00:26:36 UTC 2009

Steven Vollom wrote:
>> They're not files of any type, they're folders/directories, which you
>> perhaps extracted from rars.
>>
>> Run:
>>
>> ls -al Swing*
>>     
>
> steven at Studio25:/media/sdb5/Films$ ls -al Swing*
> Swing Vote I:
> total 724496
> drwxr-xr-x 2 steven steven     4096 2008-11-25 18:46 .
> drwxr-xr-x 4 steven root       4096 2009-01-18 03:15 ..
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven       22 2008-11-25 19:40 .d3lphinview
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven       49 2008-11-25 18:46 .directory
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:56 ssp-sv2008-a.r00
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:31 ssp-sv2008-a.r01
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 10:54 ssp-sv2008-a.r02
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:18 ssp-sv2008-a.r03
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:18 ssp-sv2008-a.r04
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 19:08 ssp-sv2008-a.r05
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 19:08 ssp-sv2008-a.r06
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:14 ssp-sv2008-a.r07
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:40 ssp-sv2008-a.r08
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 19:00 ssp-sv2008-a.r09
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 19:00 ssp-sv2008-a.r10
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 15:33 ssp-sv2008-a.r11
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 17:23 ssp-sv2008-a.r12
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 19:11 ssp-sv2008-a.r13
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 19:11 ssp-sv2008-a.r14
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:26 ssp-sv2008-a.r15
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 07:00 ssp-sv2008-a.r16
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 19:04 ssp-sv2008-a.r17
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 19:04 ssp-sv2008-a.r18
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 16:00 ssp-sv2008-a.r19
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 10:50 ssp-sv2008-a.r20
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 11:22 ssp-sv2008-a.r21
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 08:18 ssp-sv2008-a.r22
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 15:14 ssp-sv2008-a.r23
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:41 ssp-sv2008-a.r24
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 17:27 ssp-sv2008-a.r25
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 17:52 ssp-sv2008-a.r26
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 17:52 ssp-sv2008-a.r27
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 17:04 ssp-sv2008-a.r28
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 19:07 ssp-sv2008-a.r29
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 19:07 ssp-sv2008-a.r30
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 17:22 ssp-sv2008-a.r31
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:44 ssp-sv2008-a.r32
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 07:09 ssp-sv2008-a.r33
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 09:51 ssp-sv2008-a.r34
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:23 ssp-sv2008-a.r35
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:23 ssp-sv2008-a.r36
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 16:43 ssp-sv2008-a.r37
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:38 ssp-sv2008-a.r38
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 19:10 ssp-sv2008-a.r39
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 19:10 ssp-sv2008-a.r40
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 15:44 ssp-sv2008-a.r41
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 19:03 ssp-sv2008-a.r42
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 19:00 ssp-sv2008-a.r43
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 17:31 ssp-sv2008-a.r44
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 15:11 ssp-sv2008-a.r45
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 07:22 ssp-sv2008-a.r46
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 19:06 ssp-sv2008-a.r47
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven  5667252 2008-11-23 19:06 ssp-sv2008-a.r48
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:40 ssp-sv2008-a.rar
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven     1350 2008-11-23 15:20 ssp-sv2008-a.sfv
>
> Swing Vote II:
> total 724636
> drwxr-xr-x 2 steven steven     4096 2008-11-25 18:47 .
> drwxr-xr-x 4 steven root       4096 2009-01-18 03:15 ..
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven       22 2008-11-25 19:40 .d3lphinview
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven       49 2008-11-25 18:47 .directory
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 17:42 ssp-sv2008-b.r00
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 09:00 ssp-sv2008-b.r01
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 11:08 ssp-sv2008-b.r02
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:47 ssp-sv2008-b.r03
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 10:40 ssp-sv2008-b.r04
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 16:38 ssp-sv2008-b.r05
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 17:47 ssp-sv2008-b.r06
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 10:17 ssp-sv2008-b.r07
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 19:09 ssp-sv2008-b.r08
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:56 ssp-sv2008-b.r09
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:27 ssp-sv2008-b.r10
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 17:42 ssp-sv2008-b.r11
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 15:54 ssp-sv2008-b.r12
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:19 ssp-sv2008-b.r13
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:19 ssp-sv2008-b.r14
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 08:20 ssp-sv2008-b.r15
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:32 ssp-sv2008-b.r16
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:32 ssp-sv2008-b.r17
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:01 ssp-sv2008-b.r18
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:01 ssp-sv2008-b.r19
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 17:32 ssp-sv2008-b.r20
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 17:32 ssp-sv2008-b.r21
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 16:21 ssp-sv2008-b.r22
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:07 ssp-sv2008-b.r23
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 16:23 ssp-sv2008-b.r24
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 11:15 ssp-sv2008-b.r25
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 11:15 ssp-sv2008-b.r26
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 17:27 ssp-sv2008-b.r27
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 19:09 ssp-sv2008-b.r28
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 09:33 ssp-sv2008-b.r29
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 15:23 ssp-sv2008-b.r30
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 15:23 ssp-sv2008-b.r31
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 07:05 ssp-sv2008-b.r32
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 16:40 ssp-sv2008-b.r33
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 10:46 ssp-sv2008-b.r34
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 17:45 ssp-sv2008-b.r35
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 17:45 ssp-sv2008-b.r36
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 07:12 ssp-sv2008-b.r37
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:51 ssp-sv2008-b.r38
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 15:56 ssp-sv2008-b.r39
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:51 ssp-sv2008-b.r40
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 08:25 ssp-sv2008-b.r41
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:05 ssp-sv2008-b.r42
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 17:20 ssp-sv2008-b.r43
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 17:35 ssp-sv2008-b.r44
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 17:35 ssp-sv2008-b.r45
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:13 ssp-sv2008-b.r46
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 18:13 ssp-sv2008-b.r47
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven  5812196 2008-11-23 06:35 ssp-sv2008-b.r48
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven 15000000 2008-11-23 14:53 ssp-sv2008-b.rar
> -rw-r--r-- 1 steven steven     1350 2008-11-23 05:51 ssp-sv2008-b.sfv
> steven at Studio25:/media/sdb5/Films$                     
>
> Doesn't it say .rar near the end?
>
> Steven
>   

Unless I'm missing something here, you should be able to cd to each 
directory and unrar the archive without having to join them together.  
The unrar command should be smart enough to do that.  Try this sequence 
of commands at the command-line (my apologies if I put in a typo or mess 
up the syntax):

cd "/media/sdb5/Films/Swing Vote I"
unrar x ssp-sv2008-a.rar
cd "/media/sdb5/Films/Swing Vote II"
unrar x ssp-sv2008-b.rar

The "x" means to extract the files with their original folder structure 
intact.  This should extract what is in the .rar file, continuing on to 
the .r01 file, then the .r02 file, etc.  It will probably show some 
messages along the way, explaining what it is doing.  If I remember 
right, it should say something like "all files OK" or something similar 
when it's done if it worked right.

After this is completed, assuming it worked, you should have a new file 
(or more) in each directory.  It might even place them in 
sub-directories under the Swing Vote I and Swing Vote II  directories.   
These will probably be either movie files (such as .mpg, .avi, or .wmv) 
or disk image files (.iso).

Paul