On October 28, 2017 9:09:49 AM EDT, Leon Fauster <leonfaus...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
>
>> Am 28.10.2017 um 01:54 schrieb Frank Cox <thea...@sasktel.net>:
>>
>> On Sat, 28 Oct 2017 00:47:32 +0200
>> Leon Fauster wrote:
>>
>>> source:
>>>
>>> find . -type f -exec md5sum \{\} \; > checksum.list
>>>
>>> destination:
>>>
>>> md5sum -c checksum.list
>>
>> Wouldn't diff be faster because it doesn't have to read to the end of
>every file and
>> it isn't really calculating anything? Or am I looking at this in the
>wrong way.
>
>Fast was not communicated as requirement, albeit md5 algo works by
>design "fast" and
>it was asked to "to compare file hashes". Nevertheless I also use diff
>to compare.
>It depends on your needs ...
>
>--
>LF
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I did end up using diff which seemed to work well.
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