On Monday, March 2, 2015 at 12:43:59 AM UTC-8, Sarvagya Pant wrote:
> Hello, I am amazed that the md5 of a file given by python in windows is
> different than that of linux. Consider the following code:
>
> import hashlib
> def md5_for_file(f, block_size=2**20):
> md5 = hashlib.md5()
> while True:
> data = f.read(block_size)
> if not data:
> break
> md5.update(data)
> return md5.hexdigest()
>
> f = open("somefile.txt")
> print md5_for_file(f)
>
>
> When I run the program I get the checksum value:
> 2f9cc8da53ee89762a34702f745d2956
>
> But on this site http://onlinemd5.com/ and on linux it has value
> E10D4E3847713472F51BC606852712F1.
>
>
> Why is there difference in value of Checksum computed by python in windows
> and other system.?
>
> --
>
> sarvagya
I don't know which is worse, the fact that you're composing your message in
HTML, or the fact that you're using Comic Sans as your font.
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