Il Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:47:43 +0800, Fulvio ha scritto: > Hello, > > I was thinking about use md5 check to se if a file had changes since last > check. Am I correct? > Is there any other light method?
It's OK, but if you have a lot of files to check and they're large, and changes frequent, it could put the system under severe workload. If you just need to know if a file has changed, you can check via date/time, or if you don't trust somebody who's got access to it (because he could have manually altered the datetime) you could go for a simpler algorithm, like sfv. -- Alan Franzoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Togli .xyz dalla mia email per contattarmi. Remove .xyz from my address in order to contact me. - GPG Key Fingerprint (Key ID = FE068F3E): 5C77 9DC3 BD5B 3A28 E7BC 921A 0255 42AA FE06 8F3E -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
