Joe, you inadvertently sent this to the wrong "Mark"--just didn't want you to
accidently not thank Mark Matienzo. Best, --Mark
Mark A. Greene
Univ of WY: Sr Archivist Emeritus
SAA: Distinguished Fellow
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph
Hoover
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 9:12 AM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Recommendations for a Checksum Program?
Thankyou Mark, this is exactly what I was looking for.
_Joe
On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Mark A. Matienzo <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Joe,
>
> If you're looking for an open source tool that will work on both Mac
> OS and Windows, I recommend Fixity, developed by AVPreserve <
> https://www.avpreserve.com/tools/fixity/>. There's also both a user
> guide and tutorial video for it. Fixity is particularly well suited
> for this is that it can both create checksums and validate them
> according to a user-defined schedule.
>
> Best,
>
> Mark A. Matienzo, Director of Technology Digital Public Library of
> America
>
>
> --
> Mark A. Matienzo <[email protected]> | http://anarchivi.st/
>
> On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Matt Morgan
> <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Sure, understood. You can write scripts with simple guis, e.g.
> > that's
> easy
> > to do in Python in most OSes. Or you can put a web front-end on it.
> > Or if you have a macro function in whatever system you use for
> > storing your digital assets, that may work.
> >
> > I bet if you find a local dev and say "make this easy to use for
> > interns and part-timers" you can get a quote that's not crazy.
> >
> >
> > On May 14, 2016 11:05:08 AM EDT, Joe Hoover work
> > <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > >That is why I emphasized "user-friendliness” unfortunately once
> > >you get into doing scripting, no matter how simple, people have no
> > >interest. I typically use scripting as well for running checksums
> > >but this isn’t an option for others. I know there are several
> > >checksum/hashsum apps out there and I was hoping to get some advice
> > >on which folks are using and find useful.
> > >
> > >
> > >> On May 14, 2016, at 8:43 AM, Matt Morgan
> > >> <[email protected]>
> > >wrote:
> > >>
> > >> This question gave me deja vu! Here's what I said 11 years ago in
> > >reply to a related question:
> > >>
> > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg08999.html
> > >>
> > >> I don't know if perl would be the right language, or is mdb is
> > >> the
> > >right way to keep the results, but this job is so easy to do with
> > >simple scripts of almost any kind that I think I would still talk
> > >to a developer and get a simple program/macro written, in whatever
> > >system(s) you already use.
> > >>
> > >> Checksum utils tend to be cross-platform, and so are lots of
> > >scripting languages, so I don't think you'd have significant
> > >windows/mac issues going this route.
> > >>
> > >> Best,
> > >> Matt
> > >>
> > >> On 05/13/2016 04:16 PM, Joseph Hoover wrote:
> > >>> I am looking for recommendations for a user-friendly, affordable
> > >Checksum
> > >>> utility that is free-to-low-cost for small archives and history
> > >>> organizations. Ideally, the utility would be able to batch
> > >>> process
> > >digital
> > >>> assets. Recommendations for checksum applications for both Mac
> > >>> and
> > >Windows
> > >>> would be very appreciated.
> > >>>
> > >>> Again "user-friendliness" is very important. Most the folks I
> > >>> help
> > >are
> > >>> usually volunteers that have no tech background.
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks!
> > >>>
> > >>> _Joe
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
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