Re: [SLUG] md5 sums

From: steve szmidt (steve@szmidt.org)
Date: Wed Aug 17 2005 - 09:02:46 EDT


On Wednesday 17 August 2005 02:30, Bob Stia wrote:
> Hello Sluggers,
>
> Just downloaded a new kernel-sources. But, the connection dropped twice
> during the download. Of course, supposedly, it picks up from where it
> was dropped. That always makes me nervous.
>
> Sooooo, how do I check my md5 on the downloaded copy against the
> original one.  Procedurally, that is.
>
> Bob S.
download the file with md5checksums from website
execute md5sum <filename>
compare numbers

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Steve Szmidt

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