Hello ged, This happens with new programs. Especially because we are not able to test it in all different environments and languages. BTW - You're doing a great job. Thank you so much for that and for all your support with our problems, big and small.
I need some time to find out that this found is correct and not false positive,
because of the
german Ä (Ae) used in the filename:
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found [0046c51551dd35baf82ca0d4c193446c] in host [fileserver] backup number
[2992] share [srv] file
[Media/Picture/2008/04-�gypten/mvi_1866.mpg]
OK: POOL FILE CORRUPT (0 BYTES) -> Verified via Layer A (Direct Match)
-> -rw-r--r-- 1 backuppc backuppc 0 24. Apr 07:20
/var/lib/backuppc/pool/00/46/0046c51551dd35baf82ca0d4c193446c
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This are the deviations against my files, my environment,
with the attached, more correct 😉️, verification script:
root@fileserver:~# /root/verfyHashes.sh -i /ged-list.txt
[*] Starting forensic verification engine...
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Found [005d1edebb3f6d4c7a209f547657f8c7] in host [fileserver] backup number
[2992] share [srv] file [Media/Picture/2009/07-Lagio]
DISCREPANCY: Truncated or wrong path reported (B3)
Real location : Media/Picture/2009/07-Lagio di Como/IMG00145.jpg
-> -rw-r--r-- 1 backuppc backuppc 0 24. Apr 07:20
/var/lib/backuppc/pool/00/5c/005d1edebb3f6d4c7a209f547657f8c7
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Found [10ff3a141134eaf8f879bdaee08a9e2e] in host [backup4u-laptop] backup
number [59] share [WINDOWS] file
[WinSxS/amd64_microsoft-windows-u..ed-telemetry-client_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.22621.3235_none_7ff0deaf827101a7/r/dtdump.exe]
FAILURE: FILE EXISTS WITH DIFFERENT HASH d8e8f17cd7c3e422d98fb53019568110
-> -rw-r--r-- 1 backuppc backuppc 0 24. Apr 07:33
/var/lib/backuppc/pool/10/fe/10ff3a141134eaf8f879bdaee08a9e2e
-> -rw-r----- 1 backuppc backuppc 121 6. Mär 2024
/var/lib/backuppc/pool/d8/e8/d8e8f17cd7c3e422d98fb53019568110
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Found [17b0bd2f6fff10d51ce68c73aa50e869] in host [gerhardpc1] backup number
[246] share [WINDOWS] file []
DISCREPANCY: Hash not found below [WINDOWS/*]
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Found [19130fce5c23005a55f1a1bdad9ccf7f] in host [fileserver] backup number
[2992] share [srv] file [Media/Picture/2005+2006]
DISCREPANCY: Truncated or wrong path reported (B3)
Real location : Media/Picture/2005+2006 -
Haus-Umbau/2005-KW37/.thumbcache/dscn0350.jpg.jpg
-> -rw-r--r-- 1 backuppc backuppc 0 24. Apr 07:35
/var/lib/backuppc/pool/18/12/19130fce5c23005a55f1a1bdad9ccf7f
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Found [19130fce5c23005a55f1a1bdad9ccf7f] in host [fileserver] backup number
[2992] share [srv] file [Media/Picture/2005+2006]
DISCREPANCY: Truncated or wrong path reported (B3)
Real location : Media/Picture/2005+2006 -
Haus-Umbau/2005-KW37/.thumbcache/dscn0350.jpg.jpg
-> -rw-r--r-- 1 backuppc backuppc 0 24. Apr 07:35
/var/lib/backuppc/pool/18/12/19130fce5c23005a55f1a1bdad9ccf7f
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Found [1d8bddb6a1fb6accd006abbff7beb99b] in host [backup4u-laptop] backup
number [59] share [WINDOWS] file
[WinSxS/amd64_userexperience-desktop_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.22621.3155_none_0c60abbfe5c4a80f/n/CBS/IntentDefinitions/Strings/es-MX/IntentMapping.json]
FAILURE: FILE EXISTS WITH DIFFERENT HASH 61554e74807e5eed6f7fbb725a2d4e16
-> -rw-r--r-- 1 backuppc backuppc 0 24. Apr 07:37
/var/lib/backuppc/pool/1c/8a/1d8bddb6a1fb6accd006abbff7beb99b
-> -rw-r----- 1 backuppc backuppc 147 19. Feb 2024
/var/lib/backuppc/pool/60/54/61554e74807e5eed6f7fbb725a2d4e16
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Found [263a9b69589ba13c409cbfa00226f615] in host [backup4u-laptop] backup
number [59] share [WINDOWS] file
[WinSxS/amd64_userexperience-desktop_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.22621.3155_none_0c60abbfe5c4a80f/CBS/Public/wsxpacks/Account/assets/strings/id-ID.json]
FAILURE: FILE EXISTS WITH DIFFERENT HASH 5a3f217cbf61f2f17dbda407c5d2f52d
-> -rw-r--r-- 1 backuppc backuppc 0 24. Apr 07:41
/var/lib/backuppc/pool/26/3a/263a9b69589ba13c409cbfa00226f615
-> -rw-r----- 1 backuppc backuppc 144 6. Mär 2024
/var/lib/backuppc/pool/5a/3e/5a3f217cbf61f2f17dbda407c5d2f52d
================================================================================
FINAL FORENSIC VALIDATION SUMMARY
================================================================================
Total unique lines parsed : 195
Correct reports (Verified 0B) : 188
False reports (Total Mismatches): 7
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-> Truncated / Mismatched Paths: 3
-> Healthy Files (Wrong Hash) : 3
-> Completely Missing Hashes : 1
================================================================================
br
Matthias
Am Montag, dem 31.08.2026 um 15:55 +0100 schrieb G.W. Haywood:
> Hi there,
>
> On Mon, 31 Aug 2026, Matthias@... wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, dem 25.08.2026 um 10:52 -0400 schrieb Ronald Colcernian:
> > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 10:49?AM G.W. Haywood wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 25 Aug 2026, Matthias@... wrote:
> > > > > ...
> > > > > Currently I'm working on a Perl programm:
> > > > > - reading all this error hashes from the LOG files
> > > > > ...
> > > >
> > > > You might want to take a look at
> > > >
> > > > https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki/How-to-find-which-backups-reference-a-particular-digest
> > > >
> > > > if nothing else it might save you some time. :)
> > >
> > > Just wanted to mention.
> > >
> > > I used Ged's program to find 798 has digest instead of? messages.
> > >
> > > It is a fantastic program.
>
> You're too kind. :) It's a very *new* program.
>
> Matthias@... wrote:
> > ...
> > I used it too.
> > Be carefull. In my environment I got some false positives:
> >
> >
> > ================================================================================
> > FINAL FORENSIC VALIDATION SUMMARY
> >
> > ================================================================================
> > Total unique lines parsed : 193
> > Correct reports (Verified) : 186
> > False reports (Mismatches) : 7
> >
> > ================================================================================
> >
> > You could verify your deliverables with the attached bash.
>
> Thanks very much for your feedback. If you will let me have your full
> log output I can take a look at any discrepancies. 'Interesting' log
> lines are filtered by a simple regex so false positives are possible.
> They should be trivial to fix. I haven't seen any here, but usually
> there's nothing interesting in my logs. :)
>
verfyHashes.sh
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