backing up to a cd-r disk - how to test it?
Jon Lapham
lapham at extracta.com.br
Mon Jul 21 19:49:12 CDT 2003
Bill Suit wrote:
> I've just succeeded in making my first gnucash data back-up cd-r. How
> can I safely test it to determing that it actually works. I tried
> opening a new file in gnucash and it could not get a lock, as of course
> I already had opened gnucash. Suggestions welcomed. TIA, Bill ps - do I
> need md5's here also?
An md5 would work nicely, it would tell you if the file on the CD-R is
identical to the original:
md5sum /HDPATH/FILENAME
md5sum /mnt/cdrom/FILENAME
PS: You could always just copy the file from the CD-R to the HD and open it.
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Jon Lapham <lapham at extracta.com.br> Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Work: Extracta Moléculas Naturais SA http://www.extracta.com.br/
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