On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 11:40:09PM -0500, rich wrote: > > That's a good suggestion - my question is: is there a linux utility to > compare directories / files to see if they are the same? Seems like I've > heard of one, but can't remember...
$ apropos checksum cksum (1) - checksum and count the bytes in a file sum (1) - checksum and count the blocks in a file $ apropos md5 md5sum (1) - generates or checks MD5 message digests debsums (1) - Check the md5sums of a package (those are just a few of the md5 ones... :) md5 is much nicer than the sum or cksum programs.. -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
