rsync man pages:
-c, --checksum
This forces the sender to checksum all files using a 128-bit MD4 checksum
before transfer. The checksum is then explicitly checked on the receiver and
any files of the same name which already exist and have the same
checksum and
size on the receiver are skipped.
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Agustin Goya
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On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 6:56 AM, Ross Flint <rossf@onsight.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> > Rsync is the tool you are looking for.
>
> Not quite. RSync compares files by modification date and size. A
> corrupt file could be the same size and have the same metadata, but
> RSync will spot this. To be sure, you need to checksum the files.
> Theoretically, a corrupt file could pass a checksum test, but the odds
> against it are fantastically huge, especially if you use SHA-1 checksums
> rather than the more popular MD5.
>
> Ross
>
> >
>
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