Par2

par2cmdline

par2cmdline is a PAR 2.0 compatible file verification and repair tool.

To see the ongoing development see: https://github.com/parchive/par2cmdline

OpenMP multithreading was originally developed by Jussi Kansanen: https://github.com/jkansanen/par2cmdline-mt

The original development was done on Sourceforge but stalled.

For more information from the original authors see http://parchive.sourceforge.net

This is also the place for details on the PAR 2.0 specification and discussion of all things PAR.

What exactly is par2cmdline?

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.