zidrav(1)zidrav(1)NAMEzidrav - detect and repair corruption in transfered files
SYNOPSISzidrav [-b bs] [-o CDT] corrupted file
zidrav-p [-i CDT] [-o CDP] original file
zidrav-a [-i CDP] corrupted file
DESCRIPTIONzidrav is a file corruption detection and repair program. It's
designed to provide a way to fix file damage without having to redown‐
load the entire (potentially large) file over a (potentially slow) con‐
nection.
There are 3 steps to using zidrav (in the order of the SYNOPSIS com‐
mands):
1. Create a checksum file of the corrupted file.
2. Using the checksum file, create a patch file from the origi‐
nal file.
3. Apply the patch file to the corrupted file.
At each of the steps, the checksum or patch file has to be in the same
directory as the corrupted or original file, depending on which step
you're on, unless otherwise specified with -i.
OPTIONS-a Apply the patch file to the corrupted file in order to fix it.
-b Set the blocksize. The default blocksize it 16384.
-h Show usage summary and exit.
-i Specify the input filename of the checksum (CDT) or patch (CDP)
files. You have to use this flag when the basename of the
checksum or patch files doesn't match the name of the original
file.
-o Specify an output filename for the checksum (CDT) or patch (CDP)
files. By default, the name of original file is used as the
basename for these files.
-p Build the patch file from the original file.
-V Display version information and exit.
EXAMPLE
In this example, let's assume you've downloaded a large file named
freebsd4.8.iso from a remote ftp which you have shell access to. The
file was corrupted during transfer and you need to use zidrav to fix
the file.
First, build a checksum file from the corrupted file on your machine:
zidrav freebsd4.8.iso
This creates a checksum file named freebsd.4.8.iso.cdt.
Next, transfer the checksum file to the remote ftp computer in the same
directory as the original file. From that directory, type:
zidrav-p freebsd.4.8.iso
This creates a patch file named freebsd.4.8.iso.cdp.
Last, transfer the patch file back to your computer, in the same direc‐
tory as the corrupted file. From that directory, type:
zidrav-a freebsd.4.8.iso
This will apply the patch and fix the corrupted file.
BUGS
The corrupted file has to be equal in size as the original file. This
makes it so you can't fix partially downloaded files until they're
padded.
AUTHORzidrav is written by Zorba <zorbathut@uswest.net>. Unix port was done
by Piotr Krukowiecki {piotr at krukowiecki dot net}. This manpage by
Cosmin Stroe <cstroe1@uic.edu>.
July 14, 2003 zidrav(1)
