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case23_69

11-17-2004 07:35 PM

How to use md5

How do I use md5 to check a downloaded file?

Eklipz

11-17-2004 07:36 PM

$ md5sum <filename>

Compare the output to the hash provided by the site you are downloading from.

case23_69

11-17-2004 07:53 PM

thanks!

case23_69

11-17-2004 08:12 PM

sorry, do I do it on the .tar.gz/tar.bz2 file or one after I unzip it?

scuzzman

11-17-2004 09:01 PM

Do it on the *.tar.gz file. That will give you the checksum of the download. Then, compare it to the checksum listed in the site. If they match, the download was good. If they don't, redownload it.

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