On Monday 16 October 2006 22:45, Thufir wrote: > On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:54:27 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-10-16 at 20:05 +0100, Thufir wrote: > >> I've read the f#$%ing manual. > >> > >> Files: > >> > >> foo.iso > >> foo.iso.md5 > >> > >> To verify, the command is....? > > > > It's in "man md5sum" if you'd read it. > > [...] > > How's the -c flag used, please? > > > -thufir Does the foo.iso.md5 file contain a line with the name of foo.iso and the md5sum? If so you just go md5sum -c foo.iso.md5 It picks up the names of each of the files in turn and checks the calculated md5sum against the md5sum stored in the md5 file. -- Registered Linux user number 393408 I use and recommend the email service at 1 & 1 For domain registration, email and web hosting please visit: http://oneandone.co.uk/xml/init?k_id=6389763