PAR Files

Par files are super cool. It's claim to fame was in the USENET groups, where, within months it ended the countless requests for partial reposts of multi-part archives, like big RAR files.

Besides the USENET uses, you could use par files to add some safety to your personal collections of files such as photos (.jpg, .gif, etc.). I.e. you could create a set of 20 par files for 400 or so photos on a CD. If your CD gets a minor scratch, you will possibly be able to recover all the lost images - well worth it if you value your photos. This is the theory, I've yet to find a convenient par or par2 encoder that can handle subdirectories!

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Tags: par2, par, parity, !ICCEE, !ICE

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  • ID: 297
    Author:
    leonard
    Date Updated:
    2017-03-06 22:03:01
    Date Created:
    2003-09-09 17:08:11

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