determine if a file is corrupt

[madra]

What would you use to determine if a file has become corrupt ?

thanks

madra

 

[khalidaaa]

Well i would suggest you look into the errpt first! coz any thing happens in AIX gets reported in there!

Regards,
Khalid

 

[khalidaaa]

You can use fsck for file system checking!

http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/aix/cmds/aixcmds2/fsck.htm

Regards,
Khalid

 

[bdw238]

Also, use

Use `chksum` to check the checksum of file. Then use the checksum to check against a `good` copy file which I assmuing you have backed up or on a another system.


Brian