The more complex code becomes, the more bugs it will have. It’s impossible to write bug free code, but it’s in our hands to fix the bugs as soon as possible. This time I fixed a small bug, which prevented proper .nfo/.sfv file creation in the regular mode, leading to improper removal of temp directories:

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>                       ORIGINAL_NAME="$FILENAME"
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<                               ORIGINAL_NAME="$FILENAME"
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>                       ORIGINAL_NAME="$FILENAME"
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<                               ORIGINAL_NAME="$FILENAME"

The link for the latest version is unchanged, however the version 0.52 can always be downloaded from the permanent link.

P.S. It’s always good to get feedback – it motivates you to make things better, to improve. If I hadn’t received feedback on my rarnpar script, many bugs could go unnoticed for much more longer time. So, if you encounter any bug in the script, please don’t hesitate to report it.

One critical bug was found in the version 0.5 of my rarnpar script. I am very thankful for the person, who reported the issue. The bugfix, per se, consists only from one line, but very important one:

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< if [ "$ALGO" != "sha1" ] && [ "$ALGO" != "sha224" ] && [ "$ALGO" != "sha256" ] && [ "$ALGO" != "sha384" ] && [ "$ALGO" != "sha512" ] && [ "$ALGO" != "md5" ]
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> if [ "$CRYPTMODE" = "1" ] && [ "$ALGO" != "sha1" ] && [ "$ALGO" != "sha224" ] && [ "$ALGO" != "sha256" ] && [ "$ALGO" != "sha384" ] && [ "$ALGO" != "sha512" ] && [ "$ALGO" != "md5" ]

So make sure that you download the latest version from here or, if you would need version 0.51 specifically, here.

When I saw a quite substantial increase in visitors checking this blog, I was definitely curious about the source and the reason. Apparently, someone mentioned my rarnpar script on reddit. I am flattered that somebody finds my script useful, but it’s shame that I am not getting any new feedback.

However, I saw that many people are downloading old versions of the script. Well, maybe they have their own reasons, but I am thinking, that the links in the old posts may be confusing. So, I decided to create one persistent link, where always the newest version will be available: rarnpar

And here are all my posts on the subject:

• Rarnpar – Version 0.5
• One more rarnpar update (v0.43)
• New Day – New Version (v0.41)
• New rarnpar version (v0.4)
• Small bugfix for the rarnpar script (v0.32)
• Usenet File Preparation. Part II (v0.3)
• Automating Usenet file preparation (Initial public release, v0.22)

Finally, I am adding the rarnpar tag to all the related posts. This small project has grown more than I expected.

I didn’t think that I would be releasing one more update this week, but oh well… I have added the recursive mode(-R option), which you could employ, when you are too lazy to type a command like this one:

for i in $(ls); do cd $i; rarnpar all_options_here ; cd ..; done

I added also -O option, which can be used to specify an output directory. My friend told me that performance is better, when you are reading files from one disk, and archiving them on another. Now you can test this yourself.

After these two changes I got an idea that the .sfv files, like the NFOs, could be created automatically, so I added –sfv option.

In spite of having only 3 changes, the diff is quite long: Read more