Re: Calculate a file's checksum with Perl?

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From: Alfonso PALACIOS SUREDA
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 00:00

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David Cassell wrote:
> It should be slightly different.  This has at least one typo in it, and
> has been changed in later docs.  You may want to be sure in future to
> read the online docs which come with perl, instead of docs in books,
> however authoritative the title may sound.

I've searched the online docs in http://www.cpan.org and in
http://www.perl.com and I found the very same algorithm. Is there a more
updated doc somewhere else?

> > - Can I still use this number as a checksum, like System V's?
> 
> Yes, you just can't compare it directly to the SysV checksum.

Anyway, if the number I get whith this method is guaranteed to be
unique, I don't care if it's different from the one I get whith "sum".

Thank you

	Alfonso

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