Hi Mark,
This find thingie will work. It list all files in a directory, and runs
md5sum on all of them:
find <dirname> -type f -exec md5sum {} \; > file
Grtz, Rich
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark G. Spencer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: dinsdag 25 juni 2002 18:56
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: MD5'ing a directory tree in Linux?
>
>
> Is it possible to MD5 all the items in a directory tree using
> Linux? I
> am on a Redhat 7.3 workstation. I have read the man and info file for
> MD5SUM and also tried to run it against a directory without
> success. I
> get the error "Is a directory" which is very self explanatory.
>
> So .. Is there another MD5 utility with more flexibility? I basically
> need to MD5 every file individually in a large directory tree with the
> output redirected to a text file showing the path, filename,
> and hash of
> every file in that directory tree.
>
> Thanks for the assistance,
>
> Mark
>
