On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, Jie Liang wrote: > Forgive me this silly question: > at ftpsite there always a md5 file followed the tarball file(e.g.) > postgresql-7.3.1.tar.gz > postgresql-7.3.1.tar.gz.md5 > what is this md5 file for? how to use it? > I guess it's a cksum, but I am not sure.
It is used to verify that postgresql-7.3.1.tar.gz has been downloaded without corruption. How you use postgresql-7.3.1.tar.gz.md5 depends upon your operating system. In FreeBSD, the command is "cksum". The result should be the sameas that found in postgresql-7.3.1.tar.gz.md5. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
