Further development: not much.
November 19th, 2011
Just in case you’re wondering…
The reason ExactFile hasn’t had an update in such a long time is that it does everything I need it to do. There are some more things I’d like to do with it, but other projects (that pay) always win out. I don’t see this changing any time soon. Enjoy it “as it is” for the time being. 
My previous blog post indicated future development “soon.” I take it back. Future development “when I have time” is more like it.
Well … it works, there are some small issues…
i would like to be able to hide checksum files..
when i deliver something like a usb stick with content i don’t want to bother people with checksums but i want to help them to easy check the content is ok.
some options would be nice on this
and if it works and is ok.. make it a 1.0 release
keep up the goof work.
If you’re not going to do much with it any time soon, is there any chance of you open sourcing it?
I use ExactFile and the TestFiles applet to monitor integrity on some drives that grow slowly.
If I want to update the checksum file on the drive root I either have to hand merge in another checksum file or re-hash the entire disk.
If ExactFile were open source I’d modify either the main app or the TestFiles applet to include a “hash new files / delete hashes for files that don’t exist / ignore existing hashes” mode (to quickly update a checksum file).
As it stands now I’m thinking of writing a Perl or Python script to do that instead.
No, and I don’t think it’s necessary. There are already lots of open source solutions for hashing available which could be modified to suit your needs.
First, thanks for the program. It’s my favorite from several I’ve tried. I’m not software/program expert, but I can uses this.
If you’re not going to develop it further, I would also request that you consider open source (or perhaps letting someone work with you), but at least make it an “official”/non beta version. I think many more people would use the program if it wasn’t “beta”
First of all, thank you so very much for this application. It’s proved to be extremely useful and I’m very grateful for all the work you’ve put into it.
Also, thank you too, for taking the time to update us all on the status of the project. Even if there are no immediate developments planned, it’s good to know what’s going on.
There is one question I have, however – and it basically pertains to the only thing I haven’t known how to do with your application. I don’t know if the functionality simply isn’t there, or if this is something that you accomplish by less obvious means.
Basically, if I have a collection of checksum files, is it possible to test them all in a batch? Or sequence them, so that when one check has concluded, it will proceed to test the next checksum file? Hopefully my question makes some sense!
Kind regards,
Ro
I understand what you mean. There is no way to do that currently, sorry.
Hi,
Firstly, thank you for producing such a tool which takes the complexities of file listings, hashes and comparisons and makes it easy and intuititive to get results.
Is there any chance of an Apple Mac version of this program? The digest files are great and it would be really useful to have a multi-platform tool that can compare file/data sets recovered natively on differing OS using a simple interface with a directly interchangable digest file.
Kind regards.
Hi.
Exactfile is a a great utility. Thanks for making this available!
Two bugs/feature requests to discuss:
1. When using “Test Digest”, if the “Base Folder for Files In Digest”
is the root of a drive, (e.g. H:\ or P:\) the dialog will not allow
you to select it; you have to type it in manually.
2. Add a checkbox option to suppress “File Does Not Exist” entry
outputs, as in certain cases they may be irrelevant. This occurs
when you are testing a subset of the files represented in a
“master” checksums.md5 digest.
Again, this is a great utility. I would certainly be willing to
pay a reasonable price for this application if developed further.
Regards.
Thomas