Ahh I thought along similar lines. In fact DOS has a file comparing utility ? filecompare ? I guess that can be used if one has windows and is installing FC. Anyone remembers the exact name of that DOS utility? Thank you. --- Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2/2/07, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > When I do : - > > > > > > > > sha1sum <iso file> > > > > > > > > this will output the checksum , do I have to > verify by > > > > looking at the huge number that it is correct > or is > > > > there a simple utilty which can compare the 2 > > > > checksums ? > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > Alex. > > > My trick is to copy the checksums into a text > file, highlight one of > > > them and use find to see if it finds the next > one. > > > > I have written a tiny script to do that. > Basically, it compares two > > strings. I will post it to you later on, as I have > not it with me now. > > My simple script has the following code: > > #!/bin/sh > > if [ "$1" = "$2" ] ; then echo "same" ; else echo > "different" ; fi > > Paul > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/
