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fciv.py is a Python module that I implemented to generate file integrity data in a format used by Microsoft File Checksum Integrity Verifier. My use case involves copying files from a Linux workstation to a Microsoft Windows workstation. I wanted to generate integrity data on Linux using Python 3 and verify file integrity on Microsoft […]

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From The TypeScript Handbook: The easiest way to remember whether to use readonly or const is to ask whether your using it on a variable or a property. Variables use const whereas properties use readonly.

Using Microsoft Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to gain access to Linux command line tools within Microsoft Windows 10, I was able to create a consistent backup procedure that can be performed in Windows and Linux environments. I used SyncToy and File Checksum Integrity Verifier (FCIV) to perform backups before adopting this standard approach. Except […]

Introduced in C# 8.0, the using-declaration language enhancement eliminates nested using-statements. The following code: using System.IO; class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { var filename = “hello.txt”; using (var stream = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Create)) { using (var writer = new StreamWriter(stream)) { writer.WriteLine(“Hello, World!”); } } } } is improved with using declarations to […]