Sumfolder1

sumfolder1 is a utility for use within the archival and digital preservation community to generate checksums for file system directories, and to generate an overall "collection" checksum for a given set of files. The utility may be used in support of de-duplication at a directory/folder level.
Homepage:	https://pypi.org/project/sumfolder1/
Source Code:	https://github.com/ross-spencer/sumfolder1
License:	GPL-3.0
Cost:	Open-source
Platforms:	Python 3
Function:	Appraisal,De-Duplication,Fixity

Description

sumfolder1 uses a DROID CSV output to generate checksums for file system directories and to generate an overall "collection" checksum for a given set of files. It can be used for fixity and de-duplication at the folder level.

User Experiences

• • [2023-01-16] What is the checksum of a directory? Using DROID reports and the concepts behind Merkle Trees to generate directory and collection checksums.

Development Activity

All development activity is visible on GitHub: http://github.com/ross-spencer/sumfolder1/commits

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