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README                     Fast File Validator 0.46                 27-Jan-2007
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                                         Copyright 2000-6 Christopher J. Madsen
CONTENTS
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  [1] About Fast File Validator
  [2] System Requirements
  [3] Installation
  [4] License
  [5] Author

[1] About Fast File Validator
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Fast File Validator (FFV) is a program for verifying files against a
checksum file and for creating such checksum files.  (I'm using
checksum in the generic sense.  Technically, neither CRC32 nor MD5 is
really a checksum.)

FFV supports both SFV files (which use the CRC32 algorithm) and MD5
files.  Actually, it can handle both types of checksum in the same
file, although you don't normally see this, and I don't recommend
creating such files.


[2] System Requirements
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Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, or later
  or
A POSIX-compatible system that supports asynchronous I/O (eg, Linux)

I've heard it works on Solaris, but I only use Linux myself.

[3] Installation
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FFV uses the standard GNU autoconf system.  See the file INSTALL if
you're not familiar with that.  FFV includes some self-tests that
can be run with "make check".


[4] License
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

The GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.


[5] Author
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Christopher J. Madsen           cjm .at. pobox.com
1113 Abrams Rd. Apt. 296
Richardson, TX  75081-5573

FFV Home Page:
http://www.pobox.com/~cjm/ffv/
