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Check your files for data corruption and run quick file deduplication

6 mentions on Hacker News by 2 people: 4 stories, 2 comments · first 2014-12-15 · latest 2024-08-25

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  1. I rewrote https://github.com/laktak/chkbit in Go because Python packaging was so frustrating. With Go you can just build for any platform without spinning up multiple VMs.
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    Chkbit: Check the data integrity of your files over time
    story by laktak · 2024-05-07 · 0 comments
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    Chkbit: Check the data integrity of your files over time
    story by laktak · 2024-02-15 · 0 comments
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    Ask HN: Trouble with a Stargate
    story by laktak · 2024-01-22 · 1 comment
  5. …your data (on whatever media) I'd recommend to use some kind of bitrot detection tool. For example https://github.com/laktak/chkbit When you later restore you will at least know if/what is damaged. Multiple backups help too.
    comment by laktak · 2017-02-13 · in When Discs Die
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    Show HN: Chkbit bitrot detection
    story by chris-at · 2014-12-15 · 0 comments