Calculating MD5 hash of a partial stream
Taken from here where you can also get other ways of doing so.
Make a partial file stream class, read the size you want and make hash of it.
class PartialFileStream : FileStream
{
public PartialFileStream(string path, FileMode mode, long startPosition, long endPosition): base(path, mode)
{
base.Seek(startPosition, SeekOrigin.Begin);
ReadTillPosition = endPosition;
}
public long ReadTillPosition { get; set; }
public override int Read(byte[] array, int offset, int count)
{
if (base.Position >= this.ReadTillPosition)
return 0;
if (base.Position + count > this.ReadTillPosition)
count = (int)(this.ReadTillPosition - base.Position);
return base.Read(array, offset, count);
}
}