> > The command to calculate md5 sums is 'md5', not 'md5sum', > > and it is part of the base. ... > > Not sure why apropos md5 shows md5sum and gmd5sum (g for gnu?), > > maybe it's from a port. > > I also suspect that gmd5sum is a link to md5sum or vice versa.
gmd5sum is indeed from a port, but md5sum does not exist at all on my system, either as an executable or as a manpage. md5 does exist, as both an executable and a manpage. Either md5 or gmd5sum can be used to verify downloads; as someone else mentioned they produce the same results (although formatted differently). > The coreutils package installs the GNU utilities that form the > basis of Linux distributions - grep, chmod etc. Since most of > these names clash with the FreeBSD base system, the binaries all > get renamed with a "g" prefix. The GNU docs still internally > refer to them with their original names e.g. "man gmd5sum" will > refer to md5sum It still seems like a bug that apropos includes "md5sum(1)" in its output, when no such manpage exists. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
