I don't understand the --check option in the manpage
It reads as:
md5sum [OPTION] --check [FILE]
and adds as a dwscription:
-c, --check
check MD5 sums against given list
The question is: How to tell the program where this list is.
Or should it be included somehow in the tar-ball (or bzip2-ball).
It is not mentioned in the manpage, so I have to guess.
Indeed ftp-providers provide tarr-balls & bz2-balls with a accompaigning (is
that spelled correct?) file with a list of md5sums.
You can only do a visual comparison of the output of
md5sum-with-your-downloaded-file & the numbers given on the site of the
provider.
e.g.
http://pan.rebelbase.com/download/0.11.1.93/SOURCE/
Hope you will provide a better manpage.
Douwe.
PS. Visual inspection of md5sums learned me that my download was correct :-)
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