On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, Jie Liang wrote:
> Forgive me this silly question:
> at ftpsite there always a md5 file followed the tarball file(e.g.)
> postgresql-7.3.1.tar.gz
> postgresql-7.3.1.tar.gz.md5
> what is this md5 file for? how to use it?
> I guess it's a cksum, but I am not sure.
It is used to verify that postgresql-7.3.1.tar.gz has been downloaded
without corruption. How you use postgresql-7.3.1.tar.gz.md5 depends upon
your operating system. In FreeBSD, the command is "cksum". The result
should be the sameas that found in postgresql-7.3.1.tar.gz.md5.