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.TH par2 1 "may 2014" "0.6.11" "Parity archive utils"
.SH NAME
par2 \- PAR 2.0 compatible file verification and repair tool.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B par2 c|v|r
.RI "[options] <" "par2 file" "> [" "files" "]"
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.B par2 c(reate)
.RI "[options] <" "par2 file" "> [" "files" "]"
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.B par2 v(erify)
.RI "[options] <" "par2 file" "> [" "files" "]"
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.B par2 r(epair)
.RI "[options] <" "par2 file" "> [" "files" "]"
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Also:
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.B par2create
.RI "[options] <" "par2 file" "> [" "files" "]"
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.B par2verify
.RI "[options] <" "par2 file" "> [" "files" "]"
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.B par2repair
.RI "[options] <" "par2 file" "> [" "files" "]"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
par2cmdline is a program for creating and using PAR2 files to detect damage in data files and repair them if necessary. It can be used with any kind of file.
.SH OPTIONS
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.B \-h
Show this help
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.B \-V
Show version
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.B \-VV
Show version and copyright
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.BI "\-a <" "file" ">"
Set the main par2 archive name; required on create, optional for verify and repair
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.B \-b
Set the Block\(hyCount
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.B \-s<n>
.RB "Set the Block\(hySize (don't use both " "\-b" " and " "\-s" ")"
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.B \-r<n>
Level of redundancy (percentage)
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.B \-r<c><n>
Redundancy target size, <c>=g(iga),m(ega),k(ilo) bytes
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.B \-c<n>
.RB "Recovery block count (don't use both " "\-r" " and " "\-c" ")"
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.B \-f<n>
First Recovery\(hyBlock\(hyNumber
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.B \-u
Uniform recovery file sizes
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.B \-l
.RB "Limit size of recovery files (don't use both " "\-u" " and " "\-l" ")"
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.B \-n<n>
.RB "Number of recovery files (don't use both " "\-n" " and " "\-l" ")"
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.B \-m<n>
Memory (in MB) to use
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.B \-v [\-v]
Be more verbose
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.B \-q [\-q]
.RB "Be more quiet (" "\-qq" " gives silence)"
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.B \-p
Purge backup files and par files on successful recovery or when no recovery is needed
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.B \-R
Recurse into subdirectories (only useful on create)
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.B \-\-
Treat all remaining command line as filenames
.SH AUTHORS
Peter Brian Clements <peterbclements@users.sourceforge.net>
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Marcel Partap <mpartap@gmx.net>
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Ike Devolder <ike.devolder@gmail.com>