ed2kmet by Le Chat - Current version is 1.39 - July 12th 2005

Introduction

There are some tools out there to fix corruptions, generate hashes, etc. But I wanted to create my own tool with the following objectives:

Useful. Must fix all common issues with the Donkey
Versatile. Must be able to do all useful donkey-related tasks in a single binary
Command-line tool to allow batches
Thoroughly tested. 100% code coverage
Compatible with Overnet

So, what can it do?

Well, it can do anything I could think of. Here's an overview.

Recovering from corruption

It can scan a download and tell if it's corrupted
It can fix misbehaving partial downloads ("Looking forever" bug, "Never complete" bug)
It can regenerate missing *.part.met files
It can fix existing *.part.met files

Manage entries in *.part.met files and known.met files

It can list entries in your known.met file
It won't crash if your known.met file is damaged or truncated
It can remove duplicates, extract entries, merge entries, sort your known.met file(s)
It can add *.part.met information to your known.met file
It can generate URL from selected entries in known.met
It can generate HTML, substitule spaces for dots/underscores/%%20/etc.
It can fix a damaged known.met file

Hashes files, generates lists.

It can hash a file (throughly tested in boundary conditions)
It can generate lists, etc.

Extract ed2k URLs and schedule downloads

It recognizes ed2k URLs and convert them to downloads

Where to get it?

Here.

Install

Typically, install ed2kmet.exe (and cygwin1.dll, if your don't have it) in your c:\winnt or c:\windows directory. Alternatively, put it in a directory that is listed in your %PATH% environment variable.

Examples to recover corruption

I downloaded a file but it says it's "Corrupted". What do I do ?

Stop eDonkey2000 (or Overnet)
Open a command window in your temp dir and type "ed2kmet -f file" where "file" is the corrupted download
ed2kmet will tell you if the file is valid. If not, it will regenerate a n.part.met . Simply rename your file to n.part and restart the Donkey

My download is 500M. Donkey says it has already transferred 520M and the download is not yet complete.

Stop the donkey
run "ed2kmet -f *.part" in your tempdir or simply "ed2kmet -fa". Tip: add option -v or -vv to spy on what ed2kmet does
Restart the donkey

I lost all my *.part.met after a crash/reboot. Help!

Stop the donkey
run "ed2kmet -fa".
Restart the donkey

My download is corrupted/I lost my *.part.met files/etc.
I'm running Overnet. ed2kmet says it can't find valid hashes.

Don't panic. Locate the n.part partial download
Start Overnet. Search for your file and restart a new download
Wait for at least 10-20K to be downloaded and stop Overnet
Locate the m.part.met that resulted for the new download
Run "ed2kmet -l -k m.part.met" and make sure it says the hashes are valid
Run "ed2kmet -m m.part.met" then "ed2kmet -f n.part", or
Run "ed2kmet -k m.part.met -f n.part".
Delete m.part.met and m.part