Re: Binary comparison of files
Zac Bowling <[email protected]>
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MD5 ? SHA 1? Microsoft's command line tool: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841290 There is an MD5 and SHA1 checksum implementation in .NET as well. Zac Bowling On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Eddie Lascu <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello again, > > I need to quickly check if the content of a file has changed. Time stamps > when the file is created are not available, as this file is read from the > Internet with XmlTextReader. I was thinking to use a quick binary > comparison > of the old image (provided I keep one) with the newly red file. Files are > in > size between 100 kb and 150 kb, so not too big. I need to come up with the > fastest way to compare the files, because timing is an issue. > Any suggestion as to what may be the best approach to do this? > > Regards, > Eddie > > =================================== > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives > =================================== View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives