As far as I know, Beyond Compare does not contain support for MD5s. Thus far (for local file/folder moves/syncs), I've been OK with that as CRC and BINARY comparisons have been functionally suitable replacements for MD5.
Now, however, I have a real need for MD5 that I can't seem to get around: FTP sites that use extensions supporting MD5 hash checks. For example, we use Akamai Netstorge, which allows you to retrieve the MD5 of a file on the server through the site command. Here's the syntax:
Unfortunately, Akamai does not support CRC (or XCRC) commands.
Has any thought been given to supporting this FTP extension? It would go a long ways towards making comparisons between our build machine and Akami fast and accurate. As is, the CRC checking in BC3 forces each file to be read in its entirety (since Akamai does not support XCRC).
Now, however, I have a real need for MD5 that I can't seem to get around: FTP sites that use extensions supporting MD5 hash checks. For example, we use Akamai Netstorge, which allows you to retrieve the MD5 of a file on the server through the site command. Here's the syntax:
Code:
site shohash <filename>
Has any thought been given to supporting this FTP extension? It would go a long ways towards making comparisons between our build machine and Akami fast and accurate. As is, the CRC checking in BC3 forces each file to be read in its entirety (since Akamai does not support XCRC).
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