compare two directories integrity after copy

Sat Sep 24 20:10:23 UTC 2011

On 24 September 2011 21:06, Mazen A. <lists at knowtis.ca> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have copied a rather large directory from one external usb disk to another
> using rsync. I chose to not go with the checksum check option because it
> will take a long time (256GB of data). Is there any known way I can make
> sure that everything was copied correctly after the fact?

You could use 'md5sum' to generate checksums and compare them, I
think? It will take a good while, though...

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