Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 21:16:55 +0200
From: Willy Tarreau <willy@w.ods.org>
To: Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com>
Cc: Willy Tarreau <willy@w.ods.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       marcelo@conectiva.com.br, kpfleming@cox.net, stoffel@lucent.com,
       gibbs@scsiguy.com, green@namesys.com
Subject: Re: Undo aic7xxx changes (now rc7+aic20030603)
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On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 01:43:53AM +0200, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote:
> > Ah, OK ! I didn't understand this. You're right, this is also a possibility.
> > Perhaps a tar cf - /mnt/3ware | chkblk would get evidence of somme corruption
> > ?
> 
> Hm, probably a dumb question: does repeated tar'ing of the same files lead to
> exactly the same archive? There is no timestamp inside or something equivalent
> ?

Hmmm no, you're right, I forgot about this case. I think that access time or
other time-dependant informations may change often enough to make a big diff
on checksums. I have no more idea at the moment. Or perhaps tar to a disk file
instead of the tape and check that file :-/

Cheers,
Willy

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