> You could perhaps do something like this. > echo foo > /tmp/md5-test-file; md5sum /tmp/md5-test-file
You missed the point I'm afraid: I need to check data read from stdin. There is no way to do this with that yuck md5sum even with a temp file for the checksum. Try it yourself. A temp file for the data is out of the question. > /etc/debian_version is a helpful way you could detect if it was > running on a debian system. Yes sure, but how does that tell me which md5sum I'll get when different Debian systems can have a different version of that? Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
