On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 00:32:37 -0700 Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Description: Parity Archive v2 > This utility applies the data-recover capability concepts of RAID-like > systems to individual and multiple files. It is most commonly used in > the posting and recovery of multipart archives on Usenet. > . > It supports the 'Reed-Soloman Code' implementation that allows for recovery > of any X blocks for X parity blocks present. It is popularly used on > USENET postings but is not limited to this use. > . > par2 is the direct successor of the package parchive. > . > Upstream source: http://parchive.sourceforge.net/
After seeing Graham Wilson's excellent RFS I realized it might be useful
to include a location for people to peruse the package. It can be obtained
from: <ftp://ftp.dmiyu.org/pub/par2deb/>
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