Re: How do I verify that a copied file's contents did not corrupt/modify?

/usr/bin/md5sum

Just use that. Let it worry about details. The -c flag is especially useful.

Don't reinvent the wheel :)

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Re: Re: How do I verify that a copied file's contents did not corrupt/modify? by idnopheq (Chaplain) on Apr 12, 2001 at 02:29 UTC
Little after-the-fact on my part, but that won't do for the NT/2K hosts, unless anyone knows of a port to Win32. Of course, one ~could~ do a pure-perl version and offer it in humble homage to the PPT project. Hmmmm. HTH -- idnopheq Apply yourself to new problems without preparation, develop confidence in your ability to to meet situations as they arrise. ~ Shunryu Suzuki	[reply]