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Also known as: Simple File Verification, .sfv
Simple File Verification, a plain text file listing each archive volume next to its CRC32 checksum. Running a check confirms whether every file arrived byte-perfect, but SFV carries no parity data, so it can only report damage, never fix it. PAR2 covers both jobs, leaving .sfv files a legacy inclusion in many releases rather than a working part of repair.
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