Re: Using md5sum

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 20:19, alex wrote:
> I don't remember the source of the following instructions that I 
> have in my notes.
> 
> "To use these things* you use the linux program [b]md5sum[/b]. type 
> [b]md5sum [i]filename[/i][/b] to create a checksum. You can channel 
> the output to a different file if you want with the > operator. To 
> check a file use [b]md5sum --check [i]checksumfile.md5[/i][/b]."
> 
> things* - factors considered when creating a md5sum checksum.
> 
> Would someone please elaborate on the steps described in the quote
> starting with "you use the linux program [b]md5sum[/b]"?
> How do you 'use' [b]md5sum[/b]...........?

I think that the characters in brackets are pseudo-XML :
[b][/b] - bold
[i][/i] - italics

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