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Subject: Re: Integrity-checking Nalimov EGTs with WILHELM

Author: Martin Baumung

Date: 23:01:00 08/04/05

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On August 04, 2005 at 08:27:49, GuyHaworth wrote:

>
>I have just integrity-checked my holding of Nalimov EGTs using WILHELM and the
>MD5sum file-signatures.
>
>Somewhat to my surprise, all of K(B/N/Q/R)K were reckoned to by 'corrupted', as
>were somewhat fewer 4- and 5-man EGTs.
>
>The files dated back to 2001.  Could the files have 'changed on the disc' as I
>think can happen if the 'definition' of 0s and 1s is eroded, and/or did Nalimov
>change the file-format before the MD5sum file-signatures were supplied?
>
>Anyone else had similar experiences?
>
>g

even if it's rather unlikely to happen, files indeed can 'change on the disc'.

But as so many of your files were corrupted I think the problem is to be found
somewhere else.

Cheers,

Martin



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