ckdist -- check software distributions
ckdist [-airsx] [-d dir] [-n name] [-t type] file ...
The ckdist utility reads "checksum" files (which are assumed to specify
components of a software distribution) and verifies the integrity of the
distribution by validating the checksum of each component file. Both MD5
(128-bit "message digest") and .inf (32-bit CRC) checksum formats are
supported.
The file operands may refer to regular files or to directories. Regular
files named "md5", or which have an ".md5" or an ".inf" extension, are
assumed to be of the implied type, otherwise format is determined from
content. If a directory is specified, it is searched for appropriatelynamed
files only.
Options are as follows:
-a Report on all distribution components, not just those in
respect of which errors are detected.
-i Ignore missing distribution components.
-r Search specified directories recursively.
-s Suppress complaints about inaccessible checksum files and
directories.
-x Verify the existence of distribution components (and also
check sizes, in the case of .inf files), but omit the
more time-consuming step of actually computing and comparing
checksums.
-d dir Look for distribution components in the directory dir.
-n name Access distribution components using the filename name.
When accessing .inf file components, append the appropriate
extension to the filename.
-t type Assume that all specified checksum files are of the format
type, and search directories only for files in this
format (where type is either "md5" or "inf").
cksum(1), md5(1)
Exit status is 0 if no errors were detected, 1 if errors were found in a
distribution, and 2 if usage errors, inaccessible input files, or other
system errors were encountered.
Both BSD and DOS versions of ckdist are available.
FreeBSD 5.2.1 January 20, 1997 FreeBSD 5.2.1 [ Back ] |
