par2(1) Parity archive utils par2(1) (NAME) par2 - PAR 2.0 (SYNOPSIS) par2 c|v|r [] < PAR2> [] par2 c(reate) [] < PAR2> [] par2 v(erify) [] < PAR2> [] par2 r(epair) [] < PAR2> [] : par2create [] < PAR2> [] par2verify [] < PAR2> [] par2repair [] < PAR2> [] (DESCRIPTION) par2cmdline PAR2 . . (GLOBAL OPTIONS) -h -V -VV () (OPTIONS ALL USES) -a <> PAR2 (create) (verify) (repair) -B <" > -v [-v] ( ) -q [-q] (-q -q ) -m ( ) ( ) -t (threads) ( ) -T ( ) -- (OPTIONS VERIFY OR REPAIR) -p par -O - ( ) -N ( ) -S ( +/- ).SH " (OPTIONS create)" -b Block-Count ( -b -s ) -s Block-Size ( -b -s ) -r ( ) -r =g(iga),m(ega),k(ilo) -c ( -r -c ) -f Recovery-Block-Number ( ) -u ( ) -l ( -u -l ) -n ( ) ( -n -l ) -R ( create ) @ () (EXITCODES) 0 1 2 ** 3 4 par 5 6 / (I/O) 7 8 (EXAMPLES) PAR 2.0 PAR2 . PAR1 RAR . PAR 2.0 **. PAR 2 ( test.mpg) : par2 create test.mpg test.mpg PAR2 ( ): test.mpg.par2 - test.mpg.vol00+01.par2 - test.mpg.vol01+02.par2 - test.mpg.vol03+04.par2 - test.mpg.vol07+08.par2 - test.mpg.vol15+16.par2 - test.mpg.vol31+32.par2 - test.mpg.vol63+37.par2 - test.mpg.par2 . par2 test.mpg par2 UseNet . UseNet "-s" (Article size) . test.mpg : par2 create -s307200 test.mpg PAR2 . . ( ). "-r" . : par2 create -s307200 -r10 test.mpg PAR2 . . "-u" "-n" . . "-f" : par2 create -s307200 -r5 -f300 test.mpg ( ) . "-m" par2 . . PAR2 (CREATING PAR2 FILES FOR MULTIPLE DATA FILES) PAR2 par2 . test.mpg RAR : par2 create test.mpg.rar.par2 test.mpg.part*.rar "test.mpg.rar.par2" par2 "test.mpg.part*.rar" RAR . "-R" : . aaaa-test.data subdir1 | test-0.data subdir2 | test-1.data | test-2.data | test-3.data | test-4.data | test-5.data | test-6.data | test-7.data | test-8.data | test-9.data test-a.data par2 create -R recovery.par2 * : . aaaa-test.data recovery.par2 recovery.vol000+01.par2 recovery.vol001+02.par2 recovery.vol003+04.par2 recovery.vol007+08.par2 recovery.vol015+16.par2 recovery.vol031+32.par2 recovery.vol063+37.par2 subdir1 | test-0.data subdir2 | test-1.data | test-2.data | test-3.data | test-4.data | test-5.data | test-6.data | test-7.data | test-8.data | test-9.data test-a.data : (wildcard shell expansion) . par2 . (VERIFYING AND REPAIRING) par2 par2 par2 . : par2 verify test.mpg.par2 par2 test.mpg.par2 . par2 par2 . par2 . par2 . . . : par2 repair test.mpg.par2 par2 . . (MISSNAMED AND INCOMPLETE DATA FILES) par2 . par2 : par2 r test.mpg.par2 other.mpg par2 other.mpg . . par2 UseNet . (articles) . . par2 : par2 r test.mpg.par2 * (RENAME-ONLY MODE) PAR2 (rename-only mode) . par2 ( ) . : mv file1.dat renamed_a.dat mv file2.dat renamed_b.dat mv file3.dat renamed_c.dat : par2 r -O recovery.par2 renamed_*.dat par2 . . ( ) . PAR2 . (WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU ARE TOLD YOU NEED MORE RECOVERY BLOCKS) par2 . . par2 . : par2 c -b1000 -r5 test.mpg : test.mpg.par2 test.mpg.vol00+01.par2 test.mpg.vol01+02.par2 test.mpg.vol03+04.par2 test.mpg.vol07+08.par2 test.mpg.vol15+16.par2 test.mpg.vol31+19.par2 . . '+' '+' . par2 "test.mpg.vol01+02.par2" "test.mpg.vol07+08.par" . "test.mpg.vol15+16.par2" ( ). (HASHING) ( ) . / HDD . SSD ..SH " (AUTHORS)" Peter Brian Clements Marcel Partap Ike Devolder Jussi Kansanen 1.3.0 august 2026 par2(1)