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Add to SafariWhen comparing cfv vs AIDE, the Slant community recommends AIDE for most people. In the question“What are the best file integrity checkers?” AIDE is ranked 2nd while cfv is ranked 15th. The most important reason people chose AIDE is:
Allows for cross-compatibility, redundancy and portability.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Transparent gzip support
Will access .gz files as gzipped. Can create gzipped files.
Pro Renaming of bad files
-n will rename bad files based on --renameformat.
Pro Progress bar
Cfv shows a progress bar when working so you know that the process is actually taking place.
Pro Cross-platform
Runs on all systems Python supports. It has been verified to work on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, OS X, and Windows.
Pro Recursive operations
cfv offers 2 recursive modes: -r will make separate chksum files for each dir and -rr will create a single file.
Pro Checksums stored in plaintext
Allows for cross-compatibility, redundancy and portability.
Pro Calculates multiple checksums
It gives you an added security against attacks on the hash function.
Pro Supports complicated file excludes
You can exclude folders, files, filetypes, etc.
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