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Is there a copy-and-verify command in Ubuntu/Linux?

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Mar 15, 202652417 views
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I back up all my digital photos to a couple of places. I've been using the cp command, but--given the personal value--have started to wonder if there's a more reliable way. I'm no stranger to Linux, Bash, Perl, etc., so I could write something to copy and compare md5 hashes, but I was wondering if …

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From , under option: -c, --checksum: skip based on checksum, not mod-time & size Note that rsync always verifies that each transferred file was correctly reconstructed on the receiving side by checking a whole-file checksum that is gener‐ ated as th…

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