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Re: Don't you think there are too many *sum utilities?
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Eric Blake |
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Re: Don't you think there are too many *sum utilities? |
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Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:05:22 -0600 |
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According to Alfred M. Szmidt on 4/9/2007 5:13 AM:
> I don't see any major problem why something like `hashsum ALGORITHM'
> wouldn't work though, `md5sum' could be the same as `hashsum md5'.
> And then md5sum could be a shell script, or just a simple program that
> calls `hashsum md5'.
Except that since the *sum utilities operate on arbitrary files, you would
need it to be `hashsum --md5', ie. make the algorithm an option rather
than the first argument.
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Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake address@hidden
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