On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:49:24 +0100, Craig Skinner wrote: > When cksum(1) is used with a -C checklist listing multiple algorithms, > and a single -a algorithm is specified, cksum doesn't select the correct > -a [algorithm], nor the correct line in the -C [checklist]:
The -a option is only used to set a default hash type in -c/-C mode when the default cannot be determined from the file name or when you want to override the default. In this case, it is really only useful for GNU-style checklist files that don't list the algorithm. It seems to me that in -C mode it should really process all the checksums that match the specified file(s), but the documentation does not actually specify what the behavior is in this case. - todd
