Comparing existence of massive number of files - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

30 Mar 2004

Patrick:

	Funny you should mention Windiff. After reading the responses today
I was going to use Windiff to compare the directory printouts produced on
both machines and see if there's a difference in the output.

	But thinking about it, Windiff has the ability to directly compare
directories. If I point it at the top "parent" on each machine I should be
able to see differences right away.

	I guess then the final test would be comparing the MD5's on each
directory to ensure file integrity.

	Any good MD5 utilities for Windows that will handle large file sets?
I downloaded two today but one is a file-by file MD5 and the other doesn't
recurse down the directory tree...it only does the current directory.

Rich

-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Patrick
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:54 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts; CCTech (E-mail)
Subject: RE: Comparing existence of massive number of files

Rich, one word: windiff.  It's in the NT resource kit, and I think it's in
the small version of the kit downloadable at the URL below.  --Patrick

http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/recommended/featured/ntkit.
asp?SD=GN&LN=EN-US&gssnb=1

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  -----Original Message-----
 From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
 [mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Richard A. Cini
 Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 7:44 PM
 To: CCTech (E-mail)
 Subject: Comparing existence of massive number of files

 Hello, all:

 	I just moved most of my collection of on-line data to a new
 server here at
 home. I want to verify that all files have been copied and I
 didn't miss any
 directories/subdirectories. Basically I did it through a drag-and-drop
 across the network.

 	What's the best way to do this? The OS is Windows NT
 (Server) and I'm
 looking at about 22gb of files of various types -- from music to source
 code.

 	Any ideas? I still have the original server on standby for this
 verification before I wipe it clean for sale.

 	Thanks again.

 Rich Cini
 Collector of classic computers
 Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project
 Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/
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