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• How do I repair incomplete files with the par2 parity files ?
• How do par2/repair by double-clicking from my file manager without opening a console ?
• Is there a par2 GUI ?
• How to batch-repair the millions of files that I have downloaded legally
• How do I extract multiple-part Rar archives with Linux ? ( rar r00 r01 r02, etc )
• How do I create Rar archives with Linux ?
• How to join split files .001 .002 .003 .004… back together ?
• Advice for posting par2 and split files
• Linux newsgrabbers and newsreaders

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Many thanks to the people on a.b.m.a.d for their help ! ( Anthony, Nobody, etc )

If you have other interesting tips to share about Usenet binaries with Linux, do not hesitate to drop a comment ( no registration required ). Stay tuned, this FAQ is regularly updated.

updated July 2007 : rar and Ben’s Par2GUI

updated September 2009 : new website