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Options

YadeWira edited this page Oct 21, 2026 · 4 revisions

Options

option effect
-dp<dir> extraction destination. Attached: -dp/out, -dpC:\out
-o+ / -o- extraction: overwrite / skip existing files (default asks when a console is available)
-snld also create links that point outside the destination
-so x/e: write extracted contents to stdout
-si[name] a: add data from stdin under that name
- read/write the archive through stdin/stdout
-m<method> preset -m0…-m9, -mx (max, fast decode), -mxx (CM max, slow decode), or an explicit method (-mlzma, experimental -mbcj2)
-s... solid blocks: default 64 MB (-m1…-m3) or 32 MB (-m4…-m9/-mx); -s- non-solid, -se by extension, -s<N>, -s<N>f, -s<N>m
-x<pattern> exclude files. Attached: -x*.tmp (quote it if the shell expands it)
-r patterns also match files in subdirectories
-rr... recovery record: -rr, -rr5%, -rr10, -rr10m, -rr10;4096, -rr-
-p<password> encrypt data; on read, the password. Bare -p prompts
-hp[password] also encrypt the directory and footer
-ae=<alg> encryption algorithm: aes, blowfish, serpent, twofish, with size/mode
-v<size> volumes: -v100m, -v4g, -v700000k (.parc only)
--no-progress disable the progress line

-x and -dp require the value attached. -x *.txt used to be parsed as an empty -x plus a path; PArc now rejects it with a clear error.

See also Commands and Recovery and volumes.

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