On 28 Mar 2005 15:11:32 -0800, GujuBoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is there a built-in function that does a "checksum" on a file...basicly > counts the bytes and computes a 16-bit checksum for each given FILE. > > this is the like the "sum" command in unix > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
Not built-in, but you can find a few implementations with a quick google search for "python 16-bit checksum": http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-May/042691.html http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2004-January/204983.html http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2004-January/204998.html -- Sean Blakey Saint of Mild Amusement, Evil Genius, Big Geek Python/Java/C++/C(Unix/Windows/Palm/Web) developer quine = ['print "quine =",quine,"; exec(quine[0])"'] ; exec(quine[0]) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
