Ensure all the bytes are properly written to file

Question

Is it possible to check if all the bytes are actually being written on a QFile or not? Currently this is all I have

QFile f(name);
if (f.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly)){
     f.write(bytes);
}

bytes has a size of 1MB and there are times when the entire chunk is not written to file, hence I end up getting a corrupted file.

Answer 1

What you are looking for is a checksum with which you can check the integrity of your data. What you want to do here is use qChecksum like this:

QFile f(name);
if (f.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite)) {
     f.write(bytes);
}

quint16 fileCheckSum = qChecksum(bytes.data(), bytes.length());

if (f.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite)) {
    QByteArray writtenBytes = f.readAll();

    quint16 writtenBytesCheckSum = qChecksum(writtenBytes .data(), writtenBytes .length());

    if(fileCheckSum == writtenBytesCheckSum)
    {
        qDebug() << "File is valid.";
    }
    else
    {
        qDebug() << "File is corrupt.";
    }
}

I haven't compiled the code but it should work. If it doesn't I'll be more specific with an example.