Kirk, What about at the physical level, for example an increase in size .....?
Scott On Sunday, August 23, 2015, Paul Gilmartin < [email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 15:51:43 -0400, Thomas David Rivers <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > >How do you compute this sufficiently strong hash on the file to see > >if it matches the one you have from a previous computation, without > >reading (probably) the entire file? If something could be devised, it > would > >be a good tool in the toolbox... > > > Of course you must read the entire file to compute the hash. But if you > save the hashes you can compare any two files without re-reading either > in its entierty. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] <javascript:;> with the message: > INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
