Bill wrote: >right...that's what I get for not trying it out for rea.... > >What I actually do is more like this: > >(cd src/path; find . -type f -exec md5sum {} \; ) > src.md5sum >(cd dest/path; find . -type f -exec md5sum {} \; ) > dest.md5sum >diff src.md5sum dest.md5sum > chris@p450:/mnt/mandrake/home/chris_temp> (cd ../chris ; find . -type f -exec md5sum {} \; ) > src.md5sum.bad md5sum: ./.xsession-errors: Permission denied md5sum: ./.kde/share/config/kdeglobals: Permission denied md5sum: ./.kde/share/config/konquerorrc: Permission denied md5sum: ./.kde/share/config/kdesktoprc: Permission denied md5sum: ./.kde/share/config/konqsidebartng.rc: Permission denied md5sum: ./.kde/share/config/kconf_updaterc: Permission denied md5sum: ./.kde/share/config/kioslaverc: Permission denied md5sum: ./.kde/share/config/konsolerc: Permission denied md5sum: ./.kde/share/config/kcminitrc: Permission denied md5sum: ./.kde/share/config/kickerrc: Permission denied md5sum: ./.kde/share/config/klipperrc: Permission denied md5sum: ./.kde/share/config/konq_history: Permission denied md5sum: ./.kde/share/config/kppprc: Permission denied md5sum: ./.kde/share/config/emaildefaults: Permission denied md5sum: ./.kde/share/config/kscdrc: Permission denied md5sum: ./.kde/share/config/kivio.conf: Permission denied .........................Continued................................. chris@p450:/mnt/mandrake/home/chris_temp> su Password: p450:/mnt/mandrake/home/chris_temp # (cd ../chris ; find . -type f -exec md5sum {} \; ) > src.md5sum .................takes some time to complete............... p450:/mnt/mandrake/home/chris_temp # exit exit chris@p450:/mnt/mandrake/home/chris_temp> more src.md5sum c0cdfa2dbe9f4c977b0a71fb08ddff0e ./src/cdrtools-2.00.3.tar.gz 3ddb88cc53f78594c4f21328bb5b5325 ./src/cdrtools-2.00.3/RULES/9000-725-hp-ux-cc.rul e695bec762e87ea36717fe5567ae1257 ./src/cdrtools-2.00.3/RULES/9000-725-hp-ux-gcc.rul f9bb4bc951b1475b186626ba20daf67f ./src/cdrtools-2.00.3/RULES/MKLINKS eff219d1ad2f8f62b83df107ce323003 ./src/cdrtools-2.00.3/RULES/README 6426e135b0e2b2a68381705aeee819b1 ./src/cdrtools-2.00.3/RULES/aviion-dgux3-cc.rul fe8c0799a6239128438584d2a69587eb ./src/cdrtools-2.00.3/RULES/aviion-dgux3-gcc.rul 864f4d717cfa145157fe1ec6098965ae ./src/cdrtools-2.00.3/RULES/aviion-dgux4-cc.rul 81fc31b87f3b1bb4b7fbcfcff57d8476 ./src/cdrtools-2.00.3/RULES/aviion-dgux4-gcc.rul ...........................Continued.............................. You get relative paths instead of absolute paths. The paths and md5 sums can both be compared. Quoted from below: Also copying to a Windows partition [from a different file system] changes the case (lower- and upper-case) of some files. ...except that would create a difference. Christopher Paulin > > >But I also usually do it the first (wrong) way first, before remembering >this detail! > >Cheers, > >Bill > >Christopher Paulin wrote: > > > >>That solution is perfect after these changes: >> >>chris@p450:~> cut -f 1 -d ' ' src.md5sum > src.md5sum.cut >>chris@p450:~> cut -f 1 -d ' ' dest.md5sum > dest.md5sum.cut >> >>And my actual result of the difference between the CD-ROM files and >>those copied to the hard drive was: >> >>chris@p450:~> diff src.md5sum.cut dest.md5sum.cut >>chris@p450:~> >> >>No differences! I.e., the files copied byte for byte. >> >>The reason for the cut was: >> >>chris@p450:~> cat src.md5sum | more >>94dc6e3bd83b3cc2e1d222f70498d82d /media/cdrecorder/Autorun.ICO >>53206fb912c7c1033a172c811cea2260 /media/cdrecorder/Autorun.INF >>035ea2a9ed956511eb1ef3d0bc70a2fe /media/cdrecorder/IDE/Readme.txt >>e9f2df528fd67e5e14344e75b5e7c1df /media/cdrecorder/IDE/SiS96x/DATA.TAG >>8238f44e8039dc9ad1b888ff94b036d0 /media/cdrecorder/IDE/SiS96x/DATA1.CAB >>425bb489af8c2b061e773a1abf415163 >>/media/cdrecorder/IDE/SiS96x/DMASETUP/ATA133AP.EXE >>bddd69c1736b33ae898df79d16109eff >>/media/cdrecorder/IDE/SiS96x/DMASETUP/DMA98.EXE >>750c075251274bb44996532c77244dbb >>/media/cdrecorder/IDE/SiS96x/DMASETUP/HDINFO.EXE >>b36455d752aaa0a41e3d31f8a433cd1e >>/media/cdrecorder/IDE/SiS96x/DMASETUP/INFINSTALL.EXE >>98de260969d153afc66b31a48d0a2338 >>/media/cdrecorder/IDE/SiS96x/DMASETUP/SISVSD.VXD >>7286a38effa855e44299ef092877ea2c >>/media/cdrecorder/IDE/SiS96x/IDEUTIL/SISIDE.EXE >>a7093a506c924581a5490961e18b04fd >>/media/cdrecorder/IDE/SiS96x/IDEUTIL/SISVSD.VXD >>.........................................Continued........................................ >> >>compared with: >> >>chris@p450:~> cat dest.md5sum | more >>94dc6e3bd83b3cc2e1d222f70498d82d /mnt/windows_xp/Documents and >>Settings/temp_cd_copy/Autorun.ICO >>53206fb912c7c1033a172c811cea2260 /mnt/windows_xp/Documents and >>Settings/temp_cd_copy/Autorun.INF >>035ea2a9ed956511eb1ef3d0bc70a2fe /mnt/windows_xp/Documents and >>Settings/temp_cd_copy/ide/Readme.txt >>e9f2df528fd67e5e14344e75b5e7c1df /mnt/windows_xp/Documents and >>Settings/temp_cd_copy/ide/SiS96x/data.tag >>8238f44e8039dc9ad1b888ff94b036d0 /mnt/windows_xp/Documents and >>Settings/temp_cd_copy/ide/SiS96x/data1.cab >>425bb489af8c2b061e773a1abf415163 /mnt/windows_xp/Documents and >>Settings/temp_cd_copy/ide/SiS96x/dmasetup/ata133ap.exe >>bddd69c1736b33ae898df79d16109eff /mnt/windows_xp/Documents and >>Settings/temp_cd_copy/ide/SiS96x/dmasetup/dma98.exe >>750c075251274bb44996532c77244dbb /mnt/windows_xp/Documents and >>Settings/temp_cd_copy/ide/SiS96x/dmasetup/hdinfo.exe >>b36455d752aaa0a41e3d31f8a433cd1e /mnt/windows_xp/Documents and >>Settings/temp_cd_copy/ide/SiS96x/dmasetup/INFINSTALL.EXE >>98de260969d153afc66b31a48d0a2338 /mnt/windows_xp/Documents and >>Settings/temp_cd_copy/ide/SiS96x/dmasetup/sisvsd.vxd >>7286a38effa855e44299ef092877ea2c /mnt/windows_xp/Documents and >>Settings/temp_cd_copy/ide/SiS96x/ideutil/siside.exe >>a7093a506c924581a5490961e18b04fd /mnt/windows_xp/Documents and >>Settings/temp_cd_copy/ide/SiS96x/ideutil/sisvsd.vxd >>.........................................Continued........................................ >> >>Hence, the source and destination directories are different, and so >>there is a difference. Also copying to a Windows partition changes the >>case (lower- and upper-case) of some files. >> >>The cut utility gets the first column, which is the md5 sum, i.e, a >>fingerprint of the bytes in the file. >> >>chris@p450:~> cat src.md5sum.cut | more >>94dc6e3bd83b3cc2e1d222f70498d82d >>53206fb912c7c1033a172c811cea2260 >>035ea2a9ed956511eb1ef3d0bc70a2fe >>e9f2df528fd67e5e14344e75b5e7c1df >>8238f44e8039dc9ad1b888ff94b036d0 >>425bb489af8c2b061e773a1abf415163 >>bddd69c1736b33ae898df79d16109eff >>750c075251274bb44996532c77244dbb >>b36455d752aaa0a41e3d31f8a433cd1e >>98de260969d153afc66b31a48d0a2338 >>7286a38effa855e44299ef092877ea2c >>a7093a506c924581a5490961e18b04fd >>.........................................Continued........................................ >> >>Christopher Paulin >> >>Bill wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>>Something I like to do in these cases is: >>> >>>find src/path -type f -exec md5sum {} \; > src.md5sum >>>find dest/path -type f -exec md5sum {} \; > dest.md5sum >>>diff src.md5sum dest.md5sum >>> >>>This way, especially when a particular OS which is prone to setting a >>>destination file name and size before all the actual data is copied, I >>>will know right away which files were in fact successfully copied... >>> >>>Christopher Paulin wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>I copied a large number of files (including directories) and wanted to >>>>see if all the files were copied. >>>> >>>>chris@p450:~> find /media/cdrecorder/ | wc -l >>>>2643 >>>>chris@p450:~> find /mnt/windows_xp/Documents\ and\ >>>>Settings/temp_cd_copy/ | wc -l >>>>2643 >>>>chris@p450:~> >>>> >>>>2643 files are in each directory tree. >>>> >>>>I can exclude, using the not (!) symbol, directories (-type d) to list >>>>the number of files (non-directories) in the directory tree: >>>> >>>>chris@p450:~> find /media/cdrecorder/ ! -type d | wc -l >>>>2173 >>>>chris@p450:~> find /mnt/windows_xp/Documents\ and\ >>>>Settings/temp_cd_copy/ ! -type d | wc -l >>>>2173 >>>>chris@p450:~> >>>> >>>>I can exclude, using the not (!) symbol, files (-type f) to list the >>>>number of directories in the directory tree: >>>> >>>>chris@p450:~> find /media/cdrecorder/ \! -type f | wc -l >>>> 470 >>>>chris@p450:~> find /mnt/windows_xp/Documents\ and\ >>>>Settings/temp_cd_copy/ ! -type f | wc -l >>>> 470 >>>>chris@p450:~> >>>> >>>>2173 files >>>>+470 directories >>>>------ >>>>2643 files and directories >>>> >>>>Christopher Paulin >>>> >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>CCOSS mailing list >>>>ccoss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>CCOSS mailing list page: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=3594 >>>>CCOSS Web page: http://www.ccoss.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>CCOSS mailing list >>>ccoss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>CCOSS mailing list page: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=3594 >>>CCOSS Web page: http://www.ccoss.org >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>CCOSS mailing list >>ccoss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>CCOSS mailing list page: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=3594 >>CCOSS Web page: http://www.ccoss.org >> >> >> >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >CCOSS mailing list >ccoss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >CCOSS mailing list page: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=3594 >CCOSS Web page: http://www.ccoss.org > > > _______________________________________________ CCOSS mailing list ccoss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx CCOSS mailing list page: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=3594 CCOSS Web page: http://www.ccoss.org