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You can use this perl script. $ mass-par2repair alt.binaries.* Where arguments are directories, NOT files. #!/usr/bin/perl -w # Copyright (C) 2005 Anthony DeRobertis (netnews at derobert d0t net) # # This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by Continue reading →

( Thanks a lot to “Nobody” @ a.b.m.a.d for this part! ) You don’t need a file splitter do it, the split command-line will do the job easily. Posting rules : * The split files must be a multiple of the par2 block-size, if not some blocks can be lost between two split files. * Continue reading →

Which binaries grabber for Linux ? * Multi-server, multi-sources : 1. Pan 0.1** beta now uses less memory, handles multiple servers and nzb files. It only allows 4 connections per server though, which is kind of bad for those of us who pay for using more. I wish it could support SSL and nntps as Continue reading →

How do I extract multiple-part Rar archives with Linux ? ( rar r00 r01 r02, etc ) With the unrar command line. Unrar is open source ( exotic licence). Notice that once unrar is installed, front-ends like File-roller, Ark, Xarchiver, or Gnome and Xfce right click’s “Extract here” can extract Rar archives automatically. $ unrar Continue reading →

Concatenation of multiple split files. These split files are likely to be made by Quickpar users under windows, so the perfect way to assemble them is to use the par2 command line. ( from the parchive package ) par2 r myfile.par2 myfile.* That way, all the split files will be considered as additionnal blocks, and Continue reading →

How do I repair incomplete files with the par2 parity files ? With the parchive package ( or par2 package if you use Debian/Ubuntu )and the par2 command : $ par2 r file.par2 or : $ par2repair file.par2 Or with Quickpar that works fine with Wine. How do par2/repair by double-clicking from my file manager Continue reading →

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Links : Par2GUI Gpar2 PyPar2 Thanks for the good work guys, but here’s a request : If I have a set of split file like those : myfile.avi.par2 myfile.avi.vol00+1.PAR2 myfile.avi.vol01+2.PAR2 myfile.avi.001 myfile.avi.002 myfile.avi.003 myfile.avi.004 When we click on any par2 file, your front-end should be able to find the split files as additional blocks ( Continue reading →

Wow, if I break my Samsung E720 cellphone, I hope they will document this baby : “CMOS Camera Module – 640×480 Price: $19.95 This is a 640×480 pixel resolution CMOS camera used in the Samsung E700 cellular phone. While 0.3 mega pixels may not sound like a lot, this module is one of the smallest, Continue reading →