What is the default size unit of unrar?

Question

I have rar files but want to see the uncompressed size without unraring them. I am using unrar through the command line.

I am using unrar v which lists:

Attributes      Size    Packed Ratio    Date    Time   Checksum  Name
----------- ---------  -------- ----- ---------- -----  --------  ----
          32837413376 5881611972  17%                              1711

I am wondering what that size is? Bytes? MB? GB? i tried conversions. I unpacked this one personally and the size is 92 Gigs. I check in the command line by using dn -ch ./* as well as the windows file explorer properties.

Im hoping the ration does not have a play in this factor

Answer 1

TLdr;

Answer is the unpacked size in bytes.

Explanation

I have been looking for an answer since a while. I believe, I just found the answer. It looks kind of dumb, but mentioning in case somebody else miss the puck. Mentioning the units used would have prevented this.

My conclusion is the unpacked size in bytes.

Why I believe so? Using Winrar on Windows, you can right click on the .rar archive and click on view file.

You will then see:

• The name of the archive,
• its size (For me it is the same value, I get from running unrar l (gives the same as unrar v, which show the difference between the file packed and unpacked and the relevant ratio),
• packed, which match the size of the file I got from looking at the properties
• Type, Modified, etc. which are not relevant elements to this question.

To verify the whole thing, I went back to Linux, and extracted the files I have the same amount in bytes as disclosed by the unrar command. What do you get?