Re: Checksum for Windows

Staight from perldoc -f unpack

  For example, the following computes the same number as the System V sum program:

    $checksum = do {
        local $/;  # slurp!
        unpack("%32C*",<>) % 65535;
    };
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Re^2: Checksum for Windows by cmv (Chaplain) on Oct 05, 2007 at 13:33 UTC
I actually tried the perldoc unpack checksum script on my mac, and it didn't work... Mac users need to be aware that MacOS uses a different (better) algorithm for their sum(1) command. If you want to use the old algorithm, you have to type in the following command: `cksum -o2 filename` [download]	[reply] [d/l]