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by _0ffh 5798 days ago
No matter which hash function you use, you will _not_ get 100% unique identifiers, because you _can't_! Just do the freaking math, and you'll see for yourself - it's quite obvious, actually!
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Yeah, I was confused. I'm a product guy, so math isn't my strongest point. It looks like combining Md5 + size + Sha1 should be enough to get a almost unique file id. Thank you all for the replies.