REARJ(1)

💖 rearj — the glow-up page for your crusty old archives 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to REARJ(1), from the Arj Software era (manual version 3.10, dated 2003-03-10, yes she's vintage and she ATE). This is the page for rearj, and honestly? She's a little conversion queen. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

rearj — Converts other archive formats to .arj files. It's giving "makeover montage but for file formats." 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

rearj [options] <!listfile(s)|filespec(s)|wildname(s)>

no cap, that's the whole vibe. options first, then your files — a listfile, a filespec, or a wildname. pick your fighter. 🎀

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

The rearj command can repackage other archive formats to arj. That's it, that's the mission, and she does it flawlessly. literally converting your ex-archive's format into something the arj family actually speaks. periodt. 💖

✨ OPTIONS ✨

okay this is the part where you take notes, bestie. every single one of these is a real flag, don't sleep on any of them:

• -+ — Ignore REARJ_SW variable. like, don't listen to the environment today, she's on her own path. 🙈
• -a[suffix] — Convert archives within archives ("*" for all formats). archive-ception fr fr. 🌀
• -bcommand — Execute command before extracting files. pregame ritual. ✨
• -ccommand — Execute command on extracted files before counting them. count after the lil errand, got it. 🎀
• -d — Delete original archives. she's not sentimental, she's efficient. 💀
• -e — No error switch. (this is literally just called "No error switch," so there you go — that's the whole description, i don't make the rules) 🫶
• -f — Convert diskette archives. retro media rights!! 💾
• -g — Skip creation of output archive.
• -i[name] — Check integrity of rearj program. vibe check on the program itself. 🩺
• -j — Skip if output archive size is larger than the original. if the glow-up made it bigger, she's not doing it. 💅
• -k — Skip archive timestamping.
• -l[name] — Write append log file (default name is rearj.log). receipts, bestie. 🧾
• -m[date] — Select archives before date in YYMMDDHHMMSS format. note the format, memorize it, it's specific. ⏰
• -n[date] — Select archives on or after date in YYMMDDHHMMSS format. same format, different energy. ⏰
• -o — Allow overwrite of existing target archive. she said MOVE. 🔥
• -p — Ignore long filenames under Windows 95. (yes, Windows 95. iconic era, questionable filenames.) 🪟
• -q — Query for each archive to convert. consent for every single one, as she should. 🫶
• -r — Recurse through subdirectories. going deeper, down the directory tree, no fear. 🌳
• -s — Skip verify of file count and total size.
• -tsuffix — Create suffix type archives.
• -u[bak] — Allow update of archive with backup (default is BAK). always keep a backup, always. 🔒
• -v — Execute configured command on extracted files.
• -wdir — Assign work directory. her lil office. 🏢
• -x[!]file — Exclude by filename, wildname, or listfile. not invited, blocked, no thanks. 🚫
• -y[text] — Delete output archive and write text to log (testing mode). she builds it just to delete it — it's called testing, it's a lifestyle. 🧪
• -z — Simulate operation. all vibes, no files touched. 👻

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

• REARJ_SW — If set, its value will be used as command line options. so the environment gets a vote too. (unless you hit her with the -+, then she's not listening. 🙉)

💜 EXIT STATUS 💜

she's very expressive about how things went. here's the whole mood ring:

• 0 — Success. we ate. 🎉
• 1 — File not found. 😭
• 2 — File is not a configured archive type.
• 3 — Target archive already exists.
• 4 — Not enough disk space. 💀
• 5 — User skipped or user did not select update option.
• 6 — UNPACK command error.
• 7 — PACK command error.
• 8 — Target cannot support directories.
• 9 — Wrong file count.
• 10 — Wrong total size.
• 11 — Internal archive REARJ error.
• 12 — Rename archive error.
• 13 — Invoked -v command error (found a virus?). 👀🦠
• 14 — Output archive is larger.

🍓 EXAMPLE 🍓

rearj * -r -d

Convert all archives to ARJ format, searching all subdirectories, deleting original archives. the full package deal: convert everything, go everywhere, leave nothing behind. slay. 💅✨

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• arj(1).

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

This manual page was written by Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org> in pod format, then converted by Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> to nroff format. legends, both of them, fr fr. 🫶

this page is REARJ(1), from Arj Software, version 3.10, dated 2003-03-10. stay converted, stay cunty, and always read the exit status bestie 💖🦋🌸