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Am Donnerstag, den 04.12.2008, 07:10 +0000 schrieb ext Mick: |
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> Almost every time I split a large file >1G into say 200k chunks, then ftp it |
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> to a server and then: |
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> cat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 > completefile ; md5sum -c completefile |
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> if fails. Checking the split files in turn I often find 1 or two chunks that |
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> fail on their own md5 checks. Despite that the concatenated file often works |
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> (e.g. if it is a video file it'll play alright). |
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> Can you explain this? Should I be using a different check to verify the |
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> integrity of the ftp'd file? |
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Did you make sure the chunks are transfered in binary mode? BTW, most |
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modern FTP clients have a resume option, so there's no need to split. |
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HTH... |
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