On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:37:30 -0600, Josh Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >In my case it's because I'm comparing two machines. > >... > >Before someone suggests MD5 let me say that it's not that important, > >but it is important enough to check sizes. > > imho, you are doing this the wrong way. comparing sizes of binaries is a > poor method of comparison. > > use md5sum. it's easy and the "right way" to do this.
Wow, that's just sad. How can you say that in reply to me saying I don't need to? I guess I could spin my processor needlessly every night just for kicks and then wade through all the data to find out what's different. I don't need to, I just don't. I don't care how they are different if they are and I'm not trying to catch a hacker. I just want to know if someone installs some new stuff in /usr/local that's all. ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
