> > rsync with a -n (or --dry-run) option will tell you which files it would > > copy, delete etc. without actually touching anything. > > > This was done last night and found one other bad file in the Bug lists. > Since rsync doesn't check file contents, just sizes, it won't catch any bit > errors as occurred in the ftp archive. Since they are almost entirely > ascii files, I'm not worried about that though.
If you use the --checksum option, rsync will spot bit errors, unless they manage to produce the same 128-bit MD4 checksum (not likely) Cheers, Phil. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
