Reading the first MB of a binary file

2009-01-25 Thread Max Leason
Hi, I'm attempting to read the first MB of a binary file and then do a md5 hash on it so that i can find the file later despite it being moved or any file name changes that may have been made to it. These files are large (350-1400MB) video files and i often located on a different computer and I

Re: Reading the first MB of a binary file

2009-01-25 Thread MRAB
Max Leason wrote: Hi, I'm attempting to read the first MB of a binary file and then do a md5 hash on it so that i can find the file later despite it being moved or any file name changes that may have been made to it. These files are large (350-1400MB) video files and i often located on a

Re: Reading the first MB of a binary file

2009-01-25 Thread Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:37:07 -0800, Max Leason wrote: I'm attempting to read the first MB of a binary file and then do a md5 hash on it so that i can find the file later despite it being moved or any file name changes that may have been made to it. These files are large (350-1400MB) video