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From: bill@twg.bc.ca (Bill Irwin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: Can you 'checksum' a file to see if it was changed?
Message-ID: <2287@twg.bc.ca>
Date: 28 May 91 07:49:36 GMT
References: <2286@twg.bc.ca>
Reply-To: bill@twg.bc.ca (Bill Irwin)
Organization: The Westrheim Group, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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The answer to this was sitting in my mailbox when I got into the
office the morning after posting.  Talk about service!

There is a "sum" command that will output a checksum for a file.
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Bill Irwin    -       The Westrheim Group     -    Vancouver, BC, Canada
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