Rsync does not verify writes. --checksum doesn't verify anything.
Sounds like you want a file verification tool. The simplest would be
md5sum.
On 7/12/22 02:31, Mark Filipak via rsync wrote:
Hello. Does rsync verify its writes?
Re, 'info rsync'.
Maybe I just being stupid, but there's no me
On Tue 12 Jul 2022, Kevin Korb via rsync wrote:
> Rsync does not verify writes. --checksum doesn't verify anything. Sounds
> like you want a file verification tool. The simplest would be md5sum.
Running rsync --checksum directly after transferring your files will
verify that the files are writt
Note that it won't actually tell you that the file was written wrongly
just that it is different. In fact, you can only even know that it
might be detecting a broken file with --itemize-changes and look for
files with a checksum difference but not a timestamp difference. Though
there are legi
