file check

[Dr Adam J Trickett]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 at 01:16:42PM +0100, Christopher Jones wrote:
> What's the quickest/easiest way to check that two large (~5Gb) files are 
> identical?

Have a look here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fdupes

Using checksums and file size can rule out duplicates, but they 
don't prove duplication, for that you need to compare bit-by-bit.

-- 
Adam Trickett
Overton, HANTS, UK

Stupidity maintained long enough is a form of malice.
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