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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

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

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

Thanks for your help!