On 23.12.2009 13:10, Mark Thomas wrote:
On 23/12/2009 11:39, [email protected] wrote:
+ One question before going +1: where does '*' as a filename prefix
+ come from?
man mdssum
Thanks! I thought it came from simulating some alternative ant way of
doing things.
As you said, all files are binary in the sense of what md5sum thinks is
a binary: when you create an md5 with md5sum without flags on Unix it
usually won't put the '*' there, but you can convince it to add the '*'
by using the "-b" flag. Looks like it's useful for Windows when to
decide whether to open the file in text or binary mode during checking
the md5.
Regards,
Rainer
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