rarfile

import rarfile import os # NOTE: This example requires an external 'unrar' (or 7zip/unar) binary # to be installed and available in your system's PATH. # Create a dummy rar file for demonstration (requires external tool) # If you don't have one, replace 'example.rar' with an existing file. # For a real scenario, you'd have an actual .rar file. # Placeholder for a RAR file path rar_file_path = 'example.rar' # If you have an unrar tool, you could try creating a dummy rar file. # For this example, we'll assume one exists or will be created externally. # Example: os.system('rar a example.rar dummy_file.txt') # This is out of scope for the quickstart, assuming the rar exists. if not os.path.exists(rar_file_path): print(f"Warning: '{rar_file_path}' not found. Please create or provide an actual RAR file for this example.") print("Skipping quickstart execution due to missing RAR file.") else: try: with rarfile.RarFile(rar_file_path, 'r') as rf: print(f"Contents of {rar_file_path}:") for info in rf.infolist(): print(f" - {info.filename} ({info.file_size} bytes)") # Example: Extract a specific file (if it exists) # file_to_extract = 'some_file_in_rar.txt' # if file_to_extract in rf.namelist(): # print(f"\nExtracting {file_to_extract}...") # rf.extract(file_to_extract, path='./extracted_files') # print(f"Extracted {file_to_extract} to ./extracted_files") # Example: Extract all files # print("\nExtracting all files...") # rf.extractall(path='./extracted_all') # print("All files extracted to ./extracted_all") except rarfile.RarFileError as e: print(f"Error opening RAR file: {e}") except Exception as e: print(f"An unexpected error occurred: {e}")