checksum implementation in perl

2002-12-12 Thread William.Ampeh
Hello, How do I compute the checksum of a binary file (and for that matter any file) in Perl? What I am trying to automate the download of a set of files. Now what I will love to do is to check if a file has been modified since my last download. I thought a checksum check will be the best way,

Re: checksum implementation in perl

2002-12-12 Thread Mystik Gotan
perldoc -f stat -- Bob Erinkveld (Webmaster Insane Hosts) www.insane-hosts.net MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: checksum implementation in perl Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 10:48:46 -0500 Hello, How do I compute the checksum of a binary