MD5 for mac?

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MD5 for mac?

2003-03-03 11:23:19

I am using MD5 to protect my files and detect corruption easily. As I work in a multi-platform environment I need software than can generate/check md5 on Mac as well.

So far I have been unable to find any MD5 software on the mac (both for OS 9 and OS X) than generate a checksum file compatible with md5 software on other platforms.

Can anyone help?

MD5 for mac?

Reply #1 – 2003-03-03 19:41:58

http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcg...id=12151&db=mac

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Shorten for Macintosh has a graphical user interface and also contains the md5sum checksum utility which can be used to verify file integrity.

MD5 for mac?

Reply #2 – 2003-03-03 19:57:06

If you need a command line md5sum, you can grab Python for MAC and use the following script:

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import md5, sys

md = md5.new()
fp = open(sys.argv[1], "r")
md.update(fp.read())
print md.hexdigest()
fp.close()

MD5 for mac?

Reply #3 – 2003-03-04 13:09:22

Thanks.
I have tested Shorten for Mac and it works great. The good thing too is there are versions for 68k, OS 7-9 and OS X.

MD5 for mac?

Reply #4 – 2003-03-04 15:40:46

In OSX m5sum should be available either as part of cureutils or textutils. Just try typing md5sum files in the shell to try.

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