How do I join two .rar folders?

[Steven Vollom]

> cd "/media/sdb5/Films/Swing Vote I"
> unrar x ssp-sv2008-a.rar
> cd "/media/sdb5/Films/Swing Vote II"
> unrar x ssp-sv2008-b.rar

steven at Studio25:/media/sdb5/Films$ cd "/media/sdb5/Films/Swing Vote I"
steven at Studio25:/media/sdb5/Films/Swing Vote I$ unrar x ssp-sv2008-a.rar

UNRAR 3.71 beta 1 freeware      Copyright (c) 1993-2007 Alexander Roshal


Extracting from ssp-sv2008-a.rar

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All OK
steven at Studio25:/media/sdb5/Films/Swing Vote I$ cd "/media/sdb5/Films/Swing 
Vote II"
steven at Studio25:/media/sdb5/Films/Swing Vote II$ unrar x ssp-sv2008-b.rar

UNRAR 3.71 beta 1 freeware      Copyright (c) 1993-2007 Alexander Roshal


Extracting from ssp-sv2008-b.rar

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steven at Studio25:/media/sdb5/Films/Swing Vote II$          

> These will probably be either movie files (such as .mpg, .avi, or .wmv)
> or disk image files (.iso).
They are .avi files.  So I just join using avimerge then?  

I am going to have to study this command a bit to understand it better.  It 
appears that once it has been opened to the .avi folder, I can delete all 
the .rar data that took place when opening it, and retain the .avi file to 
play the movie.  If that is so, why does it take so much longer for the .avi 
file produced from a .rar folder to open.  When I open a movie that was saved 
as a .avi file, it opens much faster than a movie that is opened after 
unpacking a .rar.  Is there a reason for that?

Thanks for your extra patience.

Steven