Re: par2

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Cc: gary@extremeground.com
Subject: Re: par2
From: AW <debian.list.tracker@1024bits.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2014 16:20:33 -0400
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On Sat, 09 Aug 2014 16:08:41 -0400
Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net> wrote:

 > Whatever for? There are better checksums and md5 doesn't provide error 
 > correction? Even the MD5 man page advises using sha checksums instead.

md5sum provides a relatively quick check... if it fails, then use the "real"
check, i.e. pars.  This saves [or seems to save] computing resources...

However, it was just a suggestion...

--Andrew

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