Hi Wayne,

> Even better (from my POV) would be a tool that could be run and take a
> directory/path as input, then run across all .md5 files it ran across with
> optional recursion.

How about this!

https://github.com/scijava/scijava-scripts/blob/master/verify-checksums.sh
;-)

Cheers,
Curtis


On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Justin Georgeson <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yeah, I was just hoping someone else here had already invented/discovered
> this wheel.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wayne Fay [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 8:58 AM
> > To: Maven Users List
> > Subject: Re: MD5 checksum validation tool [Windows]?
> >
> > Perhaps you need to whip something up then? I'm sure it would not be
> > terribly difficult. All the source code for the md5 checking is open
> source, so
> > you just need to pretty it up with a front end.
> >
> > Even better (from my POV) would be a tool that could be run and take a
> > directory/path as input, then run across all .md5 files it ran across
> with
> > optional recursion.
> >
> > Wayne
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Justin Georgeson <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks Paul. I don't see HashTab as being able to directly read the
> > > .md5 file. Users would have to open the .md5 file in a text editor,
> > > then copy/paste. And sadly this tiny bit of effort is actually being
> > > deemed an undue burden. It literally has to be as simple as
> > > double-click the .md5 file and get nice green graphic that says
> > > everything is ok. HashCheck is the tool people are wanting to use, but
> > > that requires the relative path be included in the md5 file. I've
> > > submitted an enhancement request but their last release was in 2009 so
> > I'm not hopeful.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [email protected]
> > > > [mailto:[email protected]]
> > > > On Behalf Of Paul Benedict
> > > > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 11:18 AM
> > > > To: Maven Users List
> > > > Subject: Re: MD5 checksum validation tool [Windows]?
> > > >
> > > > Yup. I've used HashTab for years.
> > > > http://www.implbits.com/hashtab.aspx
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Paul
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Justin Georgeson
> > > > <[email protected]>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > All the checksum validation tools I've found only seem to support
> > > > > files with format produced by the md5sum tool, ie -
> > > > >
> > > > > checksum1 relative/path/file1
> > > > > checksum2 relative/path/to/file2
> > > > > ...
> > > > >
> > > > > But Maven publishes sibling files of the same name with ".md5"
> > > > > appended, and no relative path in the file. Does anyone know of a
> > > > > tool on Windows (shell extension, standalone GUI) that people
> > > > > could use after downloading the artifact (in this particular case
> > > > > it's an executable installer) and the
> > > > > md5 file and just double-click the md5 file to validate the
> > > > > download (or drag/drop the artifact and md5 file)?
> > > > >
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