On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 1:10 AM, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Almost every time I split a large file >1G into say 200k chunks, then ftp it > to a server and then: > > cat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 > completefile ; md5sum -c completefile > > if fails. Checking the split files in turn I often find 1 or two chunks that > fail on their own md5 checks. Despite that the concatenated file often works > (e.g. if it is a video file it'll play alright). > > Can you explain this? Should I be using a different check to verify the > integrity of the ftp'd file?
Obviously something is going wrong... without knowing why that, I suggest you emerge par2cmdline and use it to create some recovery blocks. That way you can repair/reassemble the pieces when they get to the other side.
