On October 28, 2017 9:09:49 AM EDT, Leon Fauster <leonfauster at googlemail.com> wrote: > >> Am 28.10.2017 um 01:54 schrieb Frank Cox <theatre at sasktel.net>: >> >> 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 ... > >-- >LF > >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos I did end up using diff which seemed to work well.