On Wed, 14 Jul 2004, j smith wrote:
md5sum checks one file a time. i want a script that recursively check files in a directory.Thanks! PS: the script's application: in DOS 6, there is antivirus program called "msav" that check if executables are changed or infected. such program is no longer available is Windows, so i want a script that does this job.
I believe that cfengine [1] runs on Windows, and it does this quite well. It also does a lot more, but at the least it should easily be able to recursively check directories and email you when they change.
I haven't personally used it on Windows, and it may take a bit more work than it would on a *nix, but it'll be worth. Be the right kind of lazy: don't reinvent unless absolutely necessary.
[1] http://www.cfengine.org
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