Note that it won't actually tell you that the file was written wrongly
just that it is different. In fact, you can only even know that it
might be detecting a broken file with --itemize-changes and look for
files with a checksum difference but not a timestamp difference. Though
there are
On Tue 12 Jul 2022, Kevin Korb via rsync wrote:
> Rsync does not verify writes. --checksum doesn't verify anything. Sounds
> like you want a file verification tool. The simplest would be md5sum.
Running rsync --checksum directly after transferring your files will
verify that the files are
Rsync does not verify writes. --checksum doesn't verify anything.
Sounds like you want a file verification tool. The simplest would be
md5sum.
On 7/12/22 02:31, Mark Filipak via rsync wrote:
Hello. Does rsync verify its writes?
Re, 'info rsync'.
Maybe I just being stupid, but there's no
Hello. Does rsync verify its writes?
Re, 'info rsync'.
Maybe I just being stupid, but there's no mention of verification in the 'DESCRIPTION' section, so
despite the words in the 'OPTIONS' section, '-c, --checksum' topic (which I may be misinterpreting),
I assume rsync does not verify except
