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[Philipp Heckel <philipp.heckel@xxxxxxxxx>]

hi,

Syncany creates many chunks from each file, and saves the checksums from
these chunks in the database (which is also exchanged among the clients).
additionally, each file has a checksum. right now, the checksums are only
used for the identity of files and chunks. but this information can be
easily used to check file integrity.

if you are hinting towards the consistency of each replica (one per
client), this is done in the synchronization algorithm. the local files are
compared to the online version (with the help of the above mentioned
database, i.e. the update log), and updated accordingly.

hope that helps a little. feel free to ask follow-up questions :-D

cheers
Philipp



On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 1:15 PM, IKT <question181165@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> New question #181165 on Syncany:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/syncany/+question/181165
>
> Hi,
>
> How does Syncany handle file integrity?
>
> Question originally asked here:
> http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=9
>
> does
>
> 99862 <http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=999862>
>
> I just can't find the answer.
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