md5cp

md5cp will traverse a file tree and check the MD5 checksum of each file. If the file is unchanged, it is ignored; if it is changed (or new), its MD5 is updated in the database, and the file is copied to the destination directory. A number of optional parameters can change what happens in addition to the file copy.

This utility is useful for situations when file dates are corrupt and rsync cannot be used.

Copyright (C) 2013 The Regents of the University of Michigan

Features

Fast SQLite database to track MD5 checksums for a tree
Reports on CPU and Real time of a run (--timer)
Option to scan-only--useful for initialization of db (--nocopy)
Option to run a script if a file extension is encountered (--extexec)
Option to build a subpath based on fields in source file names (--fields, --use_only)
Reports file count progress (turn off with --nocounts)
Can specify a rules file (--ruleset), where you can write regular expressions for filenames, and upon matches will supercede the global command line options

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GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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Additional Project Details

Languages

English

Intended Audience

System Administrators

User Interface

Command-line

Programming Language

Database Environment

SQL-based

Related Categories

C File Managers

Registered

2013-09-05

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