Thankyou Mark, this is exactly what I was looking for. _Joe
On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Mark A. Matienzo <mark.matie...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > -- *Joe Hoover* | Digital Technology Outreach Specialist Minnesota Historical Society | Heritage Preservation Department 345 W. 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