On 9/11/2012 7:48 PM, Polytropon wrote: > > I think I tried something like your second example last night. > I think I did > > % cksum foodir/* > That lets the shell expand * to the content of foodir, making > a final command line like "cksum foodir/file1 foodir/file2" > and so on. If you omit the /* part, the directory will be > checksummed entirely. If you then remove a file or change > it, a different checksum will be printed. At least that is > my interpretation of what I've tested.
I think that command checksums the *directory block*, not the same as a combined checksum of all the files, and probably not useful for verifying if all files have been copied/moved correctly to a different directory. > The Midnight Commander has a function to compare directories > which will also identify _which_ files have changed (unlike Yes, much more promising. -- Noel Jones _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
