NAME¶
par2 - PAR 2.0 compatible file verification and repair tool.
SYNOPSIS¶
par2 c|v|r [options] <
par2 file> [
files]
par2 c(reate) [options] <
par2 file> [
files]
par2 v(erify) [options] <
par2 file> [
files]
par2 r(epair) [options] <
par2 file> [
files]
Also:
par2create [options] <
par2 file> [
files]
par2verify [options] <
par2 file> [
files]
par2repair [options] <
par2 file> [
files]
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.
OPTIONS¶
- -h
- Show this help
- -V
- Show version
- -VV
- Show version and copyright
- -a <file>
- Set the main par2 archive name; required on create, optional for verify
and repair
- -b
- Set the Block‐Count
- -s<n>
- Set the Block‐Size (don't use both -b and -s)
- -r<n>
- Level of redundancy (percentage)
- -r<c><n>
- Redundancy target size, <c>=g(iga),m(ega),k(ilo) bytes
- -c<n>
- Recovery block count (don't use both -r and -c)
- -f<n>
- First Recovery‐Block‐Number
- -u
- Uniform recovery file sizes
- -l
- Limit size of recovery files (don't use both -u and -l)
- -n<n>
- Number of recovery files (don't use both -n and -l)
- -m<n>
- Memory (in MB) to use
- -v [-v]
- Be more verbose
- -q [-q]
- Be more quiet (-qq gives silence)
- -p
- Purge backup files and par files on successful recovery or when no
recovery is needed
- -R
- Recurse into subdirectories (only useful on create)
- --
- Treat all remaining command line as filenames
AUTHORS¶
Peter Brian Clements <peterbclements@users.sourceforge.net>
Marcel Partap <mpartap@gmx.net>
Ike Devolder <ike.devolder@gmail.com>