Provided by: parchive_1.1-5_amd64 bug

NAME

       parchive - RAID like data recovery for PAR ver 1.0 files

DESCRIPTION

       The idea behind the parchive is to provide a tool to apply the data-recovery capability concepts of RAID-
       like  systems  to the posting and recovery of multi-part archives on Usenet. Current filespec and clients
       support the 'Reed-Soloman Code' implementation that allows for recovery of any 'X' volumes for 'X' parity
       volumes present.

       The key to this  mission  is  a  clean  file  format  specification  which  provides  all  the  necessary
       capabilities for programs to easily verify and regenerate single missing parts out of a set of archives.

       We  might  just be able to make binary posting and downloading on Usenet a little easier. That's a pretty
       cool goal!

       Note that parchive supports the old legacy version 1.0 PAR  format.   For  new  projects,  use  the  par2
       package which supports the version 2.0 PAR format which provides superior features.

       This  manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not
       have a manual page.

USAGE

       parchive c(heck) [options] <par file>
              Check parity archive

       parchive r(ecover) [options] <par file>
              Restore missing volumes

       parchive a(dd) [options] <par file> [files]
              Add files to parity archive

       parchive m(ix) [options]
              Try to restore from all parity files at once

       parchive i(nteractive) [<par files>]
              Interactive mode (very bare-bones)

       Options: (Can be turned off with '+')

       -m     Move existing files out of the way

       -f     Fix faulty filenames

       -p<n>  Number of files per parity volume

       -n<n>  Number of parity volumes to create

       -d     Search for duplicate files

       -k     Keep broken files

       -s     Be smart if filenames are consistently different.

       +i     Do not add following files to parity volumes

       +c     Do not create parity volumes

       +C     Ignore case in filename comparisons

       +H     Do not check control hashes

       -v,+v  Increase or decrease verbosity

       -h,-?  Display this help

       --     Always treat following arguments as files

SEE ALSO

       The  full  documentation  (such  as  it  is)  for  parchive  is   maintained   on   the   web   site   at
       <http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=7717&group_id=30568>

AUTHOR

       This  manual  page was written by Rene Weber <rene_debmaint@elvenlord.com>, and edited by Vince Mulhollon
       <vlm@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

parchive 1.1                                       May 30 2004                                       PARCHIVE(1)