thanks. this was what i was thinking. but we have tera bytes of data. even for testing, we need to test at least 200GB of data. how do i do that using md5sum for millions of files? cheng --- Harry Hoffman <hhoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You're probably better doing a md5sum of all of the > files and then > diff'ing that. > > This will you'll know if a file's content has > changed instead of just > whether the file is in both places. > > Cheers, > Harry > > Lunt, Nick wrote: > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: zhicheng wang [mailto:wang_zc@xxxxxxxxxxx] > >> Sent: 20 April 2006 13:57 > >> To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: how to check if the restored and > original are the same > >> > >> > >> Dear all > >> > >> does anyone know how to verify if two directories > are > >> the same: > >> > > > > Theres probably better methods but how about this > > > > ls -lR /dir1 > /tmp/dir1.out > > ls -lR /dir2 > /tmp/dir2.out > > diff /tmp/dir1.out /tmp/dir2.out > > > > > > Wesleyan Administration Services Ltd registered > number 5188850 and Wesleyan Unit Trust Managers Ltd > registered number 2114859 ("WUTM Ltd") are wholly > owned subsidiary companies of Wesleyan Assurance > Society, whose registered number is ZC145. WUTM Ltd > is a member of IMA. For ISA/PEP/Unit Trusts > Administration Centre: PO Box 9033, Chelmsford, SM99 > 2WQ Telephone: 0870 601 6129 Wesleyan Assurance > Society and WUTM Ltd are authorised and regulated by > the Financial Services Authority. Head Office, > Colmore Circus, Birmingham B4 6AR. Telephone: 0121 > 200 3003 Fax 0121 200 2971. Website: > www.wesleyan.co.uk Telephone calls may be recorded > for monitoring and training purposes. > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > > > > This communication and the information it contains > is intended for the person or organisation to whom > it is addressed. Its contents are confidential and > may be protected in law. Unauthorised use, copying > or disclosure of any of it may be unlawful. If you > are not the intended recipient, please contact us > immediately. > > > > The contents of any attachments in this e-mail may > contain software viruses, which could damage your > own computer system. While every reasonable > precaution to minimise this risk has been taken, we > cannot accept liability for any damage that you > sustain as a result of software viruses. You should > carry out your own virus checking procedure before > opening any attachment. > > > > Delivered using mail2.wesleyan.co.uk > > > > > > -- > Harry Hoffman > Integrated Portable Solutions, LLC > 877.846.5927 ext 1000 > http://www.ip-solutions.net/ > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list Euro-China Medlink ltd http://www.euro-china.co.uk ___________________________________________________________ 24 FIFA World Cup tickets to be won with Yahoo! Mail http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list