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Old 04-23-2010, 06:28 PM   #1
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How do you cksum a directory?


How can I checksum a directory?

Using both cksum and md5sum yields the same error

Code:
root@linux# cksum /bin
cksum: /bin: Is a directory
root@linux# md5sum /bin
md5sum: /bin: Is a directory
In Solaris 10 it works

Code:
root@solaris# cksum /bin
356121957       19968   /bin
How can I get the same fuctionality on Linux?

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You can't. And on Solaris you're getting the cksum of the directory entry itself, not any of the file in it.
 
Old 04-24-2010, 11:44 AM   #3
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And on Solaris you're getting the cksum of the directory entry itself, not any of the file in it.
Which is what I want

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You can't.
That's a shame

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Old 05-04-2010, 10:32 AM   #4
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Which is what I want



That's a shame

-C
Okay I "solved this" by creating a function...

Code:
check_sum () {
  dir=$1  
  dirsum=0
  for sum  in $(find ${dir} -type f | xargs cksum | awk '{print $1}')
  do
    dirsum=$(( ${sum} + ${dirsum} ))
  done 
  print ${dirsum}
}
And calling it in my script like so...

Code:
check_sum /bin
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