checkSum+ 1.5.3

checkSum+ 1.5.3 is able to create/read files in sfv, md5 and csv which are used to check for data loss on file transmission over newsgroups, CD burn and so on, based on md5 or CRC32 algorithm and tell you (or others) when a file is or not corrupted.

Please, note that I support these formats experimentally. Since there are lots of apps in the pc-world able to generate these archives, I choose only the most common of them (such as the ones generated by QuickSFV or MD5Summer).

These files store "checksum" information about files, and will allow this and other applications know if the related files are or not corrupted. You will find oftenly these files in USENET newsgroups and other places, where there is a risk of data loss.

So, the original distributor of some files, usually *large* files, will create and also distribute some of these files, so the final recipient of such files can check for the integrity of these. This is very useful, eg, for multi-segment files. When you attempt to join them, if one of them is corrupted, the attempt will simply fail, and you won't know what segment is corrupted. But using these files (md5, sfv or cvs), you can know what is the bad file, and re-download it again, instead of re-downloading all the stuff.

•  Mac OSX 10.6