Re: Comparing directories recursively

[Leon Fauster <leonfauster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Am 28.10.2017 um 01:54 schrieb Frank Cox <theatre@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> On Sat, 28 Oct 2017 00:47:32 +0200
> Leon Fauster wrote:
> 
>> source:
>> 
>> find . -type f -exec md5sum \{\} \; > checksum.list
>> 
>> destination:
>> 
>> md5sum -c checksum.list
> 
> Wouldn't diff be faster because it doesn't have to read to the end of every file and
> it isn't really calculating anything?  Or am I looking at this in the wrong way.

Fast was not communicated as requirement, albeit md5 algo works by design "fast" and 
it was asked to "to compare file hashes". Nevertheless I also use diff to compare. 
It depends on your needs ...

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LF

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