---snip---- [mfratoni@paradox severn]$ ls MD5SUM severn-SRPMS-disc3.iso severn-i386-disc3.iso severn-SRPMS-disc1.iso severn-i386-disc1.iso severn-SRPMS-disc2.iso severn-i386-disc2.iso [mfratoni@paradox severn]$ md5sum -c MD5SUM severn-i386-disc1.iso: OK severn-i386-disc2.iso: OK severn-i386-disc3.iso: OK severn-SRPMS-disc1.iso: OK severn-SRPMS-disc2.iso: OK severn-SRPMS-disc3.iso: OK --/snip--- Man... I should've consulted you guys first before I tried comparing the checksum for freeBSD and mandrake.. Seems to me the man md5sum was a bit vague to my understading.. You're The MAN! Cheers, .^. Mun Heng, Ow /V\ H/M Engineering /( )\ Western Digital M'sia ^^-^^ DID : 03-7870 5168 The Linux Advocate -----Original Message----- From: Michael Fratoni [mailto:mfratoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 11:57 AM To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Syntax to check md5sum -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 08 October 2003 11:47 pm, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > $ md5sum foo.bar.rpm > > 19a721224b3c6593a43e51fe1b53c6d4 foo.bar.rpm > > > > and compare the result to the contents of the foo.bar.rpm.md5 file > > provided by the package author > > Isn't there any way to get it to compare it to the md5 file provided by > the author. It's kinda hard for me to compare like 20+ chracters on a > 1400x1050 resolution.. (read: eye - strain) [mfratoni@paradox severn]$ ls MD5SUM severn-SRPMS-disc3.iso severn-i386-disc3.iso severn-SRPMS-disc1.iso severn-i386-disc1.iso severn-SRPMS-disc2.iso severn-i386-disc2.iso [mfratoni@paradox severn]$ md5sum -c MD5SUM severn-i386-disc1.iso: OK severn-i386-disc2.iso: OK severn-i386-disc3.iso: OK severn-SRPMS-disc1.iso: OK severn-SRPMS-disc2.iso: OK severn-SRPMS-disc3.iso: OK - -- - -Michael pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/gpgkey.txt Red Hat Linux 7.{2,3}|8.0|9 in 8M of RAM: http://www.rule-project.org/en/ - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/hNyGn/07WoAb/SsRAg3+AJ9nTAfooL+fMkG6wcIqY6xhQeXtRgCeNo/h l/ASL91RgS9hnyfcKOO2TgE= =yR0W -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list