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Hweord

Hi. I sync my files with Google Drive. I want to make sure about my files are copied exactly the same. Is FFS hashing files with Cloud API (or something like that) or downloading the file and hashing after that? Thanks.
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xCSxXenon

No, you will want to look into "VerifyCopiedFiles"
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Hweord

No, you will want to look into "VerifyCopiedFiles" xCSxXenon, 20 Dec 2023, 23:05
Hi. Thanks for answer. If I don't change the "VerifyCopiedFiles", it isn't download files to my computer for hashing, right?
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Plerry

For good reasons, FreeFileSync (FFS) does not use hashes (as discussed in this forum in multiple threads).
Instead, FFS uses a plain bit-by-bit comparison.
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Hweord

For good reasons, FreeFileSync (FFS) does not use hashes (as discussed in this forum in multiple threads).
Instead, FFS uses a plain bit-by-bit comparison. Plerry, 21 Dec 2023, 08:40
Is bit by bit or hashing with SHA-1/SHA-256 etc. more reliable?
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Plerry

Theoretically, files can have an identical checksum and still differ in content.
That is however very, very unlikely, and, as explained in said threads, not the reason why FFS does not use hashes.