Joe, If you're looking for an open source tool that will work on both Mac OS and Windows, I recommend Fixity, developed by AVPreserve < https://www.avpreserve.com/tools/fixity/>. There's also both a user guide and tutorial video for it. Fixity is particularly well suited for this is that it can both create checksums and validate them according to a user-defined schedule.
Best, Mark A. Matienzo, Director of Technology Digital Public Library of America -- Mark A. Matienzo <m...@matienzo.org> | http://anarchivi.st/ On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Matt Morgan <m...@concretecomputing.com> wrote: > Sure, understood. You can write scripts with simple guis, e.g. that's easy > to do in Python in most OSes. Or you can put a web front-end on it. Or if > you have a macro function in whatever system you use for storing your > digital assets, that may work. > > I bet if you find a local dev and say "make this easy to use for interns > and part-timers" you can get a quote that's not crazy. > > > On May 14, 2016 11:05:08 AM EDT, Joe Hoover work <joe.hoo...@mnhs.org> > wrote: > >That is why I emphasized "user-friendliness” unfortunately once you > >get into doing scripting, no matter how simple, people have no > >interest. I typically use scripting as well for running checksums but > >this isn’t an option for others. I know there are several > >checksum/hashsum apps out there and I was hoping to get some advice on > >which folks are using and find useful. > > > > > >> On May 14, 2016, at 8:43 AM, Matt Morgan <m...@concretecomputing.com> > >wrote: > >> > >> This question gave me deja vu! Here's what I said 11 years ago in > >reply to a related question: > >> > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/msg08999.html > >> > >> I don't know if perl would be the right language, or is mdb is the > >right way to keep the results, but this job is so easy to do with > >simple scripts of almost any kind that I think I would still talk to a > >developer and get a simple program/macro written, in whatever system(s) > >you already use. > >> > >> Checksum utils tend to be cross-platform, and so are lots of > >scripting languages, so I don't think you'd have significant > >windows/mac issues going this route. > >> > >> Best, > >> Matt > >> > >> On 05/13/2016 04:16 PM, Joseph Hoover wrote: > >>> I am looking for recommendations for a user-friendly, affordable > >Checksum > >>> utility that is free-to-low-cost for small archives and history > >>> organizations. Ideally, the utility would be able to batch process > >digital > >>> assets. Recommendations for checksum applications for both Mac and > >Windows > >>> would be very appreciated. > >>> > >>> Again "user-friendliness" is very important. Most the folks I help > >are > >>> usually volunteers that have no tech background. > >>> > >>> Thanks! > >>> > >>> _Joe > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > >Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > >>> > >>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu > >>> > >>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > >>> http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > >>> > >>> The MCN-L archives can be found at: > >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > >Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > >> > >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu > >> > >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > >> http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > >> > >> The MCN-L archives can be found at: > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > >Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > > >To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu > > > >To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > >http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > >The MCN-L archives can be found at: > >http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > >
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