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.

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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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License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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Languages

English

Intended Audience

System Administrators

User Interface

Command-line

Programming Language

C

Database Environment

SQL-based

Related Categories

C File Managers

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2013-09-05