laktak/chkbit
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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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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.
comment by laktak · 2024-08-25 · in Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)? -
…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