>*** Side question on md5sum: my understanding of ext2fs is that when >copying or moving files within a partition, the files are not actually >moved or copied, only the inode table is updated (and thus no md5sum >is necessary as there is no risk of incorrect I/O related to move); >however, when moving between partitions, the files actually have to be >copied or moved, and thus an md5sum check would be prudent. Is this >correct thinking, please? Thanks so much. When you are moving a file within a filesystem, no copying of the data blocks is done, only the links are altered. When you are copying a file, the data blocks are replicated. When you move a file outside the filesystem, it behaves like a copy and unlink. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
