How to compare filesystem contents

[Andrew Junev]

Hello charles,

Saturday, May 8, 2010, 8:29:05 AM, you wrote:

>> I also started comparing checksums, but that's a time-consuming
>> process (the data I move is mostly my data files and a video archive,
>> being close to 2TB large in total). Not sure if I really want to keep
>> it running to the end...
>>
> you could compare _sizes_ of original to copied for videos,
> not a fool-proof method, (if sizes are the same, there could still be errors)
> but can give you some confidence.

I borrowed some patience :) and ran md5sum to the end on both drives.
The data is identical, just as expected.


Once again, thanks a lot to everybody!


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Best regards,
 Andrew