On 09/08/14 04:20 PM, AW wrote:
The speed of the check is usually limited by the speed of reading the file(s) from disk. A par2 check is more direct and will also automatically repair any bit rot that has developed.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