QuickPar is a computer program that creates
parchive
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s used as verification and recovery information for a file or group of files, and uses the recovery information, if available, to attempt to reconstruct the originals from the damaged files and the PAR volumes.
Designed for the
Microsoft Windows
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operating system
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, in the past it was often used to recover damaged or missing files that have been downloaded through
Usenet
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. QuickPar may also be used under
Linux
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via
Wine
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.
There are two main versions of
PAR files: PAR and PAR2. The PAR2 file format lifts many of its previous restrictions.
QuickPar is
freeware
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but not
open-source
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. It uses the
Reed-Solomon error correction algorithm internally to create the error correcting information.
Abandonware
Though QuickPar works well, it is currently considered
abandonware
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Within an intellectual rights contextual background, abandonware is a software (or hardware) sub-case of the g ...
, since there have been no updates for it in years.
Replacement
Currently
MultiPar is accepted as the software that replaces QuickPar. It is actively being developed by Yutaka Sawada.
64-bit versions
At present the command line version of QuickPar for Linux command line is available as a 64-bit version. None of the GUI versions available presently offer a 64-bit version.
References
External links
*
QuickPar tutorial referencing Usenet downloads
Data management
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