From e86b7fd9c4586b3a5bede62545dfe3492225d231 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Morper Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 00:59:29 +0200 Subject: misc/par2cmdline: Added to 13.0 repository --- misc/par2cmdline/README | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) create mode 100644 misc/par2cmdline/README (limited to 'misc/par2cmdline/README') diff --git a/misc/par2cmdline/README b/misc/par2cmdline/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2e1f55e960 --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/par2cmdline/README @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +par2cmdline (Commandline implementation of PARv2.0 specification) + +par2cmdline is a GPL-licensed commandline tool for creating and using PAR2 +parity sets to detect damage in files and repair them if necessary. The +program uses Reed Solomon Coding to perform its error correction. A useful +program for checking and ensuring the integrity of binaries retrieved from +usenet for instance. + +Several patches have been included to fix compilation issues on current +platforms. -- cgit v1.2.3-65-gdbad