2 The `par` Archive Tool

The par.py program is used to create and extract files from par files. It has three modes of operation: create, list and extract.

To create par files, type:

par c parfile_to_create.par file_or_dir1 file_or_dir2 ...

To list the contents of par files, type:

par t parfile_to_list.par

To extract tho contents of par files, you can either extract everything or extract only certain files. To extract everything, type:

par x parfile_to_extract.par

Otherwise,

par x parfile_to_extract.par file_or_dir1 file_or_dir2 ...

2 The par Archive Tool