On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 04:17:51PM +0200, Janne Johansson wrote: > 2013/9/20 <hru...@gmail.com> > > > Janne Johansson <icepic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > In practical terms, if I rsync a file from X to Y, and rsync says it is > > > complete, how to verify the 4G files actually are equal? > > > Given that rsync only knows that hash(A) was equal to hash(B) at the end, > > > what do you propose to use for verification? > > > > In practical terms, it is indeed very unprobable that a file that > > passed the last check is not the right one. > > > > Yes, but how to verify it?
Calculate the hashes reading the files backwards and compare them. Can you all give it a rest now? --
