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kovidgoyal · 05-07-2010, 01:22 PM

The problem isn't that files with the same hash will be different, the problem is that files with different hashes may be the same. For example they may have slightly different metadata or have stored annotations, and still be logically the same book.

05-07-2010, 01:22 PM	#13
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,444 Karma: 27757438 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The problem isn't that files with the same hash will be different, the problem is that files with different hashes may be the same. For example they may have slightly different metadata or have stored annotations, and still be logically the same book.