How to unpack only?

[whitfa]

Hi,

Does anyone know if it's possible to have Sab perform extraction only? I download on my android using another client and would like Sab to run through the passworded rars with my password list. I still have the nzb files. Is there a way to get it to scan through files that have already been downloaded and resume from where it was left off?

thanks in advance

[shypike]

It will require quite a bit of hacking, because SABnzbd isn't designed to pickup existing downloads.
So generally: no.

[whitfa]

Ok, thanks. I wondered whether it might be a case of tinkering with the files in the incomplete/__ADMIN__ folder to trick it into thinking it had already downloaded the enclosed RAR files.

[shypike]

That is possible.
Creating an __ADMIN__ folder will trick SABnzbd into thinking it's a lost job.
If SABnzbd recognizes it as a job, it will show up as an orphan in Status->QueueRepair.

[whitfa]

Actually, it looks like you can just add the files in the incomplete folder and add them as orphans without first creating a dummy __ADMIN__

It seems to pick up the unpacking process fine using this method - thanks! I've not tried it on only partially downloaded collections yet though.

Now I just need it to crack the passwords. It looks like it's using the password list I found, but taking quite a while with it. Any idea how many passwords/min it will try, or does this depend on the encrypted file?

[shypike]

It tries all the passwords until one matches.
The method of encryption used by RAR is such that it requires processing of all files
before it's known that there is a match.

[whitfa]

Okay thanks. I might try moving the incomplete folder to a flash drive then to speed it up a bit.

Thanks for your help!