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<n>  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)

       -N     No data skipping (find badly mispositioned data blocks)

       -S<n>  Skip leaway (distance +/- from expected block position)

       --     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>