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- HOW TO merge bin files (bin.001, bin.002...)

- HOW TO create split rar archives

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- HOW TO create panoramic photo with Hugin

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- List of everyday applications

- HOW TO create ISO images and burn ISO and AUDIO CD's from terminal

- HOW TO merge avi files

- HOW TO merge couple of pdf into one

- HOW TO moutn bin/cue, iso, mds, ccd and nrg files (Feisty)

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HOW TO create split rar archives

First of all you will have to install rar program. Do this by typing in terminal:

sudo apt-get install rar

To compress file(s) to split rar archive navigate to the folder where your files are located. Now type:

rar a -m5 -v2M myarchive mybook.pdf mysong.mp3 mymovie.avi

Let me explain what this command do:

rar - starts the program
a - tells program to add files to archive
-m5 - determine the compression level (0-store...3-default...5-maximal)
-v2M - determine the size of each file in split archive, in this example you get files with size 2MB (if you wanted files of 512kB size you would write -v512k)
myarchive - name of the archive you are creating
mybook.pdf mysong.mp3 mymovie.avi - name of the files you wish to add to the archive, of course you can put only one file in it

To uncompress the archive type:

rar x myarchive.part1.rar

Or right click on file myarchive.part1.rar and choose Extract Here.

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