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.
Copyright (C) 2013 The Regents of the University of Michigan
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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GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)Follow md5cp
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