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hashcat creates empty output file at start - newb - 12-21-2016
My greetz to all!
I found that hashcat 3.20 creates empty output file at start, while the version 2.01 is not (file creates on success only)!
Potfile is disabled.
Is it normal or we have some bug here?
RE: hashcat creates empty output file at start - atom - 12-22-2016
That's wanted. It makes sure it has write-permission to the outfile. Imagine you're cracking a hash and hashcat can't write to outfile and errors out.