Or try md5sum on most linux distros:
$ md5sum postgresql-7.3.1.tar.gz
Cheers,
Steve
On Monday 23 December 2002 1:17 pm, Dan Langille wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, Jie Liang wrote:
> > Forgive me this silly question:
> > at ftpsite there always a md5 file followed the tarball file(e.g.)
> > postgresql-7.3.1.tar.gz
> > postgresql-7.3.1.tar.gz.md5
> > what is this md5 file for? how to use it?
> > I guess it's a cksum, but I am not sure.
>
> It is used to verify that postgresql-7.3.1.tar.gz has been downloaded
> without corruption. How you use postgresql-7.3.1.tar.gz.md5 depends upon
> your operating system. In FreeBSD, the command is "cksum". The result
> should be the sameas that found in postgresql-7.3.1.tar.gz.md5.
>
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