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From: rde@eagle.ukc.ac.uk (R.D.Eager)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: VMS CHECKSUM algorithm
Message-ID: <3135@eagle.ukc.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 22-Jun-87 16:49:52 EDT
Article-I.D.: eagle.3135
Posted: Mon Jun 22 16:49:52 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 26-Jun-87 04:05:18 EDT
Reply-To: rde@ukc.ac.uk (R.D.Eager)
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Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.
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Anyone know the algoritm used by the undocumented CHECKSUM command on
VAX/VMS? I'd like to be able to generate/check these on non VAX/VMS systems,
to allow some measure of checking on transferred files.

I know I could just implement a program, but I want to be able to do the
VMS end entirely in DCL (no, I'm not writing my own checksum program in
DCL either!).

Seriously, if anyone can help....
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