war story: parallel(1) command

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 07:20:11PM +0400, Zbigniew Koziol wrote:
> After reading this interesting discussion, I guess I would use the
> following algorithm:
> 
> Create a table with filename, its size, and MD5. Just that only.
> 
> If MD5 is the same, when checking, then check also a stronger hash
> on file, its size and file name.
> 
> I am right? Or perhaps I missed something?

If the size of two files don't match, then they are different, and it
doesn't matter if the hash matches or not, they are still different.

Only if the size matches and the hash matches is it possible that the
files are the same.

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Len Sorensen
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