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Download the SAPCAR executable, which is necessary to unpack SAR archives, from any Installation Kernel CD or from the SAP Software Download Center. On the Support Packages & Patches tab click: A-Z Alphabetical List of Products S SAPCAR SAPCAR (latest version). Download SAP HANA Studio SAR file (search for SAP HANA 2.0) Download SAPCAR Exe File (search for SAPCAR) Open Command Prompt; Run Below CommandPS C:Usersharshil.joshiDownloadsSAP Downloads.SAPCAR128.EXE -xvf.IMCSTUDIO22372-80000323.SAR.Path should be as per your downloaded location.

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– tested on Win7 64bit (with both 32 and 64 bit SAPCAR.exe) – tested on Win10 64bit – should work on every Win OS as long as your SAPCAR.exe 32/64 works. DOWNLOAD: Download SCGUI 1.1. Old versions: Download SCGUI 1.0. Feel free to leave comments here. There will be future versions posted here.

The new archiving tool SAPCAR

Older readers might remember when SAP introduced a new archiving tool to replace the previous CAR (Compressed ARchive) utility some two decades ago. The tools were not compatible, so for SAPCAR the extension SAR was chosen.

• 212876 – The new archiving tool SAPCAR (2000)

SAPCAR only exists as command line tool, there is no graphical version, and the syntax resembles that of the UNIX TAR utility with -x for extract, -v for verbose (show me), and -f for file, to list a few common ones.

Tar was developed to bundle a number of files into a single Tape ARchive file (but works on disk too). Tar does not compress files and so it is often used together with zip to create a zipped tarball, which somewhat resembles our SAR files.

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As Linux and macOS are UNIX descendants, we find tar on these operating systems as well.

SAP Service Marketplace is being retired

To download SAP software, we need to navigate to Software Downloads on the SAP ONE Support Launchpad. This used to be the Software Download Center (SWDC) on the SAP Service Marketplace (SMP) but that was decommissioned in 2018. You might still find references to SWDC or SMP as not everybody read the blog post yet

• SAP Service Marketplace is being retired (2018)

Or maybe because the shortcut still works

IMDB_CLIENT20

From Software Downloads, we can download the in-memory database SAP HANA client 2.0. There is one for Linux, UNIX (several versions), Microsoft Windows, and macOS.

• File type: SAR
• Operating system: MACOS X 64-BIT

What version do you need? Always pick the latest as there is a “single public release” strategy which “removes ambiguity about which version to install, brings the benefits of new performance or stability improvements to all customers”.

SAPCAR 7.21

There is a SAPCAR utility for most operating systems and this includes (as of 7.21) macOS.

• File type: EXE
• Operating system: MACOS X 64-BIT

Because Microsoft Windows applications are not supported on macOS

From the Windows world we have learned that we can double-click executable files (EXE) to execute. Doing so, will return a friendly message that Microsoft Windows applications are not supported on macOS.

The developer cannot be verified

Because of the EXE extension, macOS assumes it is a Windows binary. When we open Terminal and do a file check with the file command, this confirms it is a Mach-O 64-bit executable: perfectly fine.

Executing the file however returns permission denied because the download comes with only RW permissions for the current user. This is easy to fix with a chmod u+x.

At this stage, macOS protection kicks in to as the file is unsigned and might as well be malware. Move to Bin? No. Cancel.

Allow Anyway

If you agree that SAP software can be trusted, open System Preferences > Security & Privacy and select Allow Anyway

Are you sure you want to open it?

Run the SAPCAR command again and select Open to allow.

Usage

Just running the command returns usage. To extract files from an archive:

As the version number and the .EXE file extension serve no particular purpose, let’s rename the file and, while at it, move it to the bin directory so we do not have to specify current directory when not in the path (./). As we move the file to a protected directory this requires superuser (su) permission:

Long Story, Short Story

For those that prefer a shortcut, here are the commands that rename the file, set the execution bit, the proper group, and remove the quarantine property. Thanks to Witalij Rudnicki for the last one.

Install the SAP HANA Client

<img />For everything you need to know about installing the SAP HANA client, we already posted a blog some time ago

If you still have questions after reading, try

Tools On-Demand

If you prefer, you can also download the SAP HANA client from the SAP Development Tools website: tools.hana.ondemand.com (for the story behind the URL, see At Your Service: SAP HANA in the Cloud).

For macOS, this download comes as a zipped tarball (.tar,gz).

To extract, run the command

Or in case you have configured macOS to automatically extract zipped files, with

Common Crypto Lib

However, although the release number is the same (2.4), only the client from Software Downloads contains the SAP cryptography library Common Crypto Lib (CCL).

You will need this to connect with your client to the SAP HANA Service, for example. See

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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.

• SAPCAR in general
  
• How to list the contents of CAR and SAR Files ?
  
• How to extract (decompressing) CAR and SAR Files ?
  
• How to compress files to CAR or SAR Files ?
  
• '7-Zip' - a totally free file archiver with highest compression ratio - far better than WinZip
  
• Winzip and Easyzip 2000 as GUI based tools
  
• SAPCAR online help with all supported command line options and further examples
  

SAPCAR in general:

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. 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: Download CAR or SAPCAR in the Kernel Patch directories

How to list the contents of CAR and SAR Files ?

How to extract (decompressing) CAR and SAR Files ?

How to compress files to CAR or SAR Files ?

'7-Zip' - a totally free file archiver with highest compression ratio - far better than WinZip:

If you are insterested in a free and GUI based tool, that has a 30%-70% better compression ratio than WinZip, hat a look at 7-Zip !

Winzip and Easyzip 2000 as GUI based tools:

In opposite to SAPCAR and CAR the utilities Easyzip 2000 and Winzip for Windows do have a graphical user interface as well, which makes a lot things easier. If you are interested in these features especially in Easyzip 2000 - which is freeware - have a look at Easyzip 2000 & Winzip.
Unfortunately, they are not able to compress and decompress CAR and SAR files. So, if you are dealing with them, you have to use CAR and SAPCAR.

SAPCAR online help with all supported command line options and further examples: