Timeline for How do I get the MD5 sum of a directory's contents as one sum?
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| Jul 2, 2019 at 19:20 | comment | added | Dr. Hans-Peter Störr | There are many cases where this will yield the same md5sum with a completely different file and directory structure. Renaming files and directories will not change that at all if it does not change the sort order of the files. So I would not recommend this approach. | |
| May 12, 2018 at 23:08 | comment | added | RonJohn | Note that this ignores new, empty files (like if you touch a file). | |
| May 4, 2017 at 16:31 | comment | added | czerasz | Good point :-). -xdev Don't descend directories on other filesystems. | |
| May 4, 2017 at 12:43 | comment | added | poige | It calls for you to type in: man find and read that fine manual ;) | |
| May 4, 2017 at 6:35 | comment | added | czerasz | What does the -xdev flag do? | |
| Apr 10, 2012 at 17:26 | history | answered | poige | CC BY-SA 3.0 |