From f6c361ac47fb22ba5b87ca10d5c7ff5339d54294 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tiyn Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 04:17:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] rar: added rar package and algorithm --- wiki/rar_(algorithm).md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/wiki/rar_(algorithm).md b/wiki/rar_(algorithm).md index 73763fa..63c96fb 100644 --- a/wiki/rar_(algorithm).md +++ b/wiki/rar_(algorithm).md @@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ For the linux `rar` or `unrar` package see the RAR - short for Roshal Archive - is an algorithm for compression aswell as a format (`.rar`). -RAR archives can feature files with extensions of form `.r01`, `.r02`, etc. +RAR archives can feature files with extensions of an `r` with two digits +following like `.r00` or `.r01`. +When more than 100 data files are needed the letter will turn to an `s` and so +forth until enough files have been created. These are parts of the compressed data that are created when the data is compressed.