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| .TH mdsum "1" "January 2010" "GNU uCommon" "GNU Telephony" |
| .SH NAME |
| mdsum \- compute file digests using any supported algorithms. |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B mdsum |
| .RI [ options ] |
| .RI [ paths... ] |
| .br |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| This command computes a message digest for one or more specified files. If |
| no files are specified, then stdin can be used. Any digest algorithm |
| available in libusecure may be selected and used. Entire directory trees |
| may also be examined and computed using the -R (--recursive) option. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .TP |
| .BI \-\-digest= name |
| Specify name of digest algorithm. By default md5 will be used, unless the |
| command is executed through a symlink which happens to match an algorithm |
| name. |
| .TP |
| .B \-\-follow |
| Dereference and follow symlinks. Otherwise they are ignored. |
| .TP |
| .B \-\-recursive |
| If argument is a directory, recursively scan directory and any subdirectory |
| contents as arguments. |
| .TP |
| .B \-\-help |
| Outputs help screen for the user. |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| .B mdsum |
| was written by David Sugar <dyfet@gnutelephony.org>. |
| .SH "REPORTING BUGS" |
| Report bugs to bug-commoncpp@gnu.org. |
| .SH COPYRIGHT |
| Copyright \(co 2010 David Sugar, Tycho Softworks. |
| .br |
| This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO |
| warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR |
| PURPOSE. |
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