1CKSFV(1)                    General Commands Manual                   CKSFV(1)
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NAME

6       cksfv - tests and creates simple file verification (SFV) listings
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SYNOPSIS

9       cksfv [-bciqrL] [-C dir] [-f file] [-g path] [file ...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       cksfv is a tool for verifying CRC32 checksums of files. CRC32 checksums
13       are used to verify that files are not corrupted. The algorithm is cryp‐
14       tographically  crippled  so  it  can not be used for security purposes.
15       md5sum (1) or sha1sum (1) are much better tools for checksuming  files.
16       cksfv should only be used for compatibility with other systems.
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18       cksfv has two operation modes: checksum creation and checksum verifica‐
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21       In checksum creation mode cksfv outputs CRC32 checksums of files to  to
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24       In  checksum verification mode  cksfv reads filenames from an sfv file,
25       and compares the recorded checksum values against recomputed  checksums
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OPTIONS

30       These options are available
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32       -b     Strip  dirnames  from  filenames  that are checksumed. loads the
33              files from original positions, but prints only basenames to cat‐
34              alogue in sfv file.
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36       -c     Use  stdout for printing progress and final resolution (files OK
37              or some errors detected). This is useful for  external  programs
38              analysing output of cksfv. This also forces fflushes on the out‐
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41       -C dir  Change current directory before proceeding with a  verification
42              operation.  This option is mostly obsoleted with -g option. Ear‐
43              lier this was used to verify checksums in a different directory:
44              cksfv -C foo -f foo/bar.sfv
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46       -f file
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50              Go  to  the  path name directory and verify checksums in the sfv
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53       -i     Ignore case in filenames. This is used in the checksum verifica‐
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56       -L     Follow  symlinks  when  recursing subdirectories. This option is
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59       -q     Enable QUIET mode (instead of verbose mode), only error messages
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62       -v     Enable VERBOSE mode, this is the default mode
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64       -r     recurse  directories  and check the .sfv files in each. Symlinks
65              are not followed by default. This option cannot be used with  -f
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EXAMPLES

70       Verify checksums of files listed in 'foo/files.sfv':
71       cksfv -g foo/files.sfv
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73       Create checksums for a set of files:
74       cksfv *.gz > files.sfv
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76       Verify checksums of case-insensitive filenames listed in 'files.sfv'.
77       This is sometimes useful with files created by operating systems
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81       Check checksums of files 'foo' and 'bar' listed in 'files.sfv':
82       cksfv -g files.sfv foo bar
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84       Create checksums of files matching /foo/bar/* and strip dirnames away:
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87       Recursively scan /foo/bar and verify each .sfv file:
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90       Same as previous, but starting from the current working directory
91       and also following symlinks during recursion:
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SEE ALSO

96       basename(1) dirname(1) md5sum(1) sha1sum(1)
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AUTHOR

100       This  manual  page  was  originally  written by Stefan Alfredsson <ste‐
101       fan@alfredsson.org>.   It  was  later   modified   by   Heikki   Orsila
102       <heikki.orsila@iki.fi> and Durk van Veen <durk.van.veen@gmail.com>.
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