How do I join two .rar folders?

[Steven Vollom]

On Sunday 18 January 2009 7:26:36 pm Paul Rumelhart wrote:
> 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

Every once in a while, when I open a .rar, the last step in playing the movie 
will be to click on an .avi.  I have, but usually am not able to, saved 
the .avi file and eliminated the step of opening the .rar folder using the 
editor.  Most of the time, it doesn't work though.  To get the movie to play, 
I double click on the first .rar file.

Steven