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 <m...@concretecomputing.com> 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/mcn-l@mcn.edu/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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer >> Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >> >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu >> >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >> http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> >> The MCN-L archives can be found at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
