backing up to a cd-r disk - how to test it?

[Jean-David Beyer]

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?
> 
Since it is just a file, why not just compare it to the original?

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