Set password <pwd> to encrypt files when archiving or to decrypt when extracting. Passwords are case-sensitive. Maximum password length is 127 characters. Longer passwords are truncated to this length. If you omit a password in command line, you will be prompted to enter it.
In the shell mode a password may be entered through Enter default password dialog or in the Archive name and parameters dialog.
Example
add the contents of the folder "games" to the archive " secret", using the password ZaBaToAd
WinRAR a -pZaBaToAd -r secret games\*.*
Notes
- Use 8 characters or longer passwords for higher security. Avoid passwords which are easy to guess.
- Remember your passwords. If you forget a password to encrypted archive, you will not be able to unpack it.