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in thread Website for small perl scripts
If file sizes match just compare hashes (Digest::MD5, Digest::MurmurHash).
I don't know anything about MurmurHash, but MD5 has a higher chance of collisions than more modern hash digests. While, in all likelihood, this will not be a problem for this kind of usage, i would still go the recommended path of using something like SHA256 or even better SHA3-512.
See also:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Hash_Algorithms
- https://metacpan.org/pod/Digest::SHA3
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5#Collision_vulnerabilities
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