[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] SAPCAR (CAR) - the ZIP-Utility of SAP - How does it work? SAPCAR (older version was called CAR) is a compress utility (similar to winzip, tar, etc.), that is used by SAP to compress and decompress nearly all delivered files.

In the same folder make a file SAPCAR_e.BAT with the following contents: SAPCAR.EXE -xvf%~sf1. You are ready, all you have to do is make CAR and SAR files open by SAPCAR_e.BAT. Right click on such a file and set that in the Properties window. Result: Now when you double click a SAR/CAR file it will extract in the same folder. To list the contents of SAR files. SAPCAR -tvf SAR-file> 2. To extract SAR files. SAPCAR -xvf SAR-file> 3. To compress files to SAR files.

• • • • • • • SAPCAR (older version was called CAR) is a compress utility (similar to winzip, tar, zip, gz, etc.), that is used by SAP to compress and decompress nearly all delivered files and executables. On Windows Operating Systems, the executables are called SAPCAR.EXE and CAR.EXE. The compressed files are having the extension '.CAR' or '.SAR'. This utility reaches up to 90-95% compression ratio similar to Winzip for text files - binary files are not compressed that good, as this is just not possible.

So, it is not useful to compress.CAR or.SAR files with Winzip, because you would no longer benefit with shrinking down in the size. SAPCAR and CAR are both command line based tools. The syntax is similar to the in the unix enviroment used TAR utility (tar -xvf.). There does not exist a graphical interface as used to from WinZip. Difference between CAR and SAR Files In the past SAP developed the tool and named it CAR. The extensions of all compressed files were named '.CAR' as well.

First, double-click on any SAR or CAR files. It will ask you with which program to open this file. Click on OTHER. Find the path to SAPCAR and Click OPEN. Now, click on 'OK'. This will fail but it's OK for now. Do the same for the other type (SAR or CAR). Now, we need change a few registry keys to add '-xvf' to the SAPCAR call. Hi Prasanna, To extract SAR files. First you have to download a Latest SAPCar. You can find it. Support Packages and Patches=>A - Z Index=>S=>SAPCAR and download the. Output sar command results to a csv file. To know if there is a simple way to output the results of the sar command to a csv file. Using sar > file1.csv does the.

In SAP release 4.6C SAP decided to enhance the functionality of the CAR utility a bit. Therefore, the internal structure of the compressed files slightly changed. Because of this, it was necessary to create a new extension. There the new extension '.SAR' was born and the new utility was named SAPCAR. The new SAPCAR utility can work with both formats (.CAR &.SAR).

The older version CAR can only decompress.CAR files. So, it is advisable to switch - even in older releases - to the newer toolkit named SAPCAR, because SAP sometimes delivers even for older releases SAR Files already.

You can download the latest version of the CAR or SAPCAR in the SAP Service Marketplace. As the binaries are different for each platform, you should have a look at the following link to the releases 4.6D and higher as SAPCAR became available with 4.6C: - Go to the directory where you want to list the contents via the 'cd' command - SAPCAR -tvsf (or car -tvsf ) On AS/400: SAPCAR '-tvsf ' - Then the complete contents of the file is listed on the screen. - If you want further detailed information, have a look in the below. - Go to the directory where you want to decompress via the 'cd' command - SAPCAR -xvf (or car -xvf ) On AS/400: SAPCAR '-xvf ' - Then all files and directories, that are stored in this archive, become decompressed. - If you want further detailed information, have a look in the below. - Go to the directory where you want to compress via the 'cd' command - SAPCAR -cvf (or * for all) (or car -cvf ) On AS/400: SAPCAR '-cvf ' - Then this one file or all of the current directory becomes stored to this archive - If you want further detailed information, have a look in the below.