[ale] SHA1SUM question
James P. Kinney III
jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
Wed Dec 6 17:20:12 EST 2006
On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 16:59 -0500, Jerry Yu wrote:
> I knew it can do files as well as directories, but I just didn't know
> rsync has intelligence to fetch the 'diff' between the source and a
> corrupted download. I assume that's what you meant, right?
That's right. Recall, rsynch does a block-by-block file comparison. It
will make the child file look just like the parent files.
>
> On 12/6/06, James P. Kinney III <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> wrote:
> Jerry,
> If you just specify a file, that's all it will do. I've been
> using it
> lately to spread around config file updates to a list of
> servers
>
> for server in `cat serverlist`
> do
> rsync -e ssh foo $server:foo
> done
>
> With ssh-keys installed, life is smooth. :)
>
> On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 10:20 -0500, Jerry Yu wrote:
> > Thanks, James. I usually use rsync to sync up directories,
> but didn't
> > know it can efficiently sync up partial/corrupted single
> file as
> > well.
> >
> > John, my torrent session takes three hours to finish the
> last 1%, not
> > exactly sure why.
> >
> > On 12/6/06, James P. Kinney III
> <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> wrote:
> > It just a basic rsync process to the server. The
> caveat is the
> > server
> > must support rsync. "rsync <options> <master-file>
> > <copy-file>". I have
> > used this on the Fedora mirrors that support rsync
> with great
> > success.
> >
> > The nice thing is if the connection croaks, just run
> it again.
> >
> > On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 08:39 -0500, Jerry Yu wrote:
> > > John, I downloaded a month back and my sha1sum
> does match.
> > > James, I'd like to learn how to 'clean-up' a
> corrupted
> > download of a
> > > single file using rsync? Occasionally a large
> download gets
> > corrupted
> > > and it's pia to restart from scratch...
> > >
> > > On 12/5/06, James P. Kinney III
> > <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> wrote:
> > > John,
> > >
> > > The sha1sum works just like the md5sum but
> uses a
> > different
> > > algorithm.
> > > If the checksum is bad either the download
> is bad or
> > the
> > > checksum is
> > > bad. I have had good luck using rsync to
> "cleanup" a
> > bad
> > > download.
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 21:48 -0500, John
> Mills wrote:
> > > > ALErs -
> > > >
> > > > I downloaded the FC6 i386 DVD image, and
> also a
> > file of SHA1
> > > sums for the
> > > > various FC6 *.iso files. I ran 'sha1sum'
> on my
> > file and it
> > > wasn't even
> > > > close.
> > > > That's a lot of downloading for garbage
> results!
> > > >
> > > > Is there a second check on this in case
> I made a
> > mistake the
> > > first time?
> > > > It's the first time I use sha1sum so
> I'ld love to
> > be wrong,
> > > but it looked
> > > > pretty simple going in!
> > > >
> > > > $%^&%#@!!
> > > >
> > > > - Mills
> > > >
> > > >
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