"J.C. Roberts" wrote: > MD5 (01-Hump.mp3) = 1ecc9c0165043bda9ac07ae35a627cc4 > MD5 (02-Humppakonehumppa.mp3) = 0c1cb2e6347b541830125dfcc41a6f00 > MD5 (03-Humppamedia.mp3) = d0ee034280d835894e859258a5df4d8f > MD5 (04-Punakka_Humppa.mp3) = b768d3491261f1b256ba2d0d70167b3d > MD5 (05-Peljatty_Humppa.mp3) = a789d1f7ad6b979f9dd6d4d07e5f6849
[snip] > The problems start if you're dumb enough to keep the original copy of > your humppa on something other than a BSD system... [snip] > Is there a better way to handle cross-os file validation? Check out Perl's Digest::MD5 module, specifically the addfile/hexdigest methods and associated example code. You could use that to generate or validate bsd-style /bin/md5 output on other platforms, including Win32. -- Stephen Takacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://perlguru.net/ 4149 FD56 D078 C988 9027 1EB4 04CC F80F 72CB 09DA