KNOPPIX_V3.3-2003-11-19-EN.iso.md5

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01-07-2004, 01:01 AM
A. Jorge Garcia

KNOPPIX_V3.3-2003-11-19-EN.iso.md5

I just downloaded KNOPPIX_V3.3-2003-11-19-EN.iso and KNOPPIX_V3.3-2003-11-19-EN.iso.md5 again (needed to burn a new copy at home).

cat KNOPPIX_V3.3-2003-11-19-EN.iso.md5 returns
8f841bae907f828ed7a36a0213746ab1 *KNOPPIX_V3.3-2003-11-19-EN.iso but

md5sum KNOPPIX_V3.3-2003-11-19-EN.iso returns
8f841bae907f828ed7a36a0213746ab1 KNOPPIX_V3.3-2003-11-19-EN.iso

I never noticed that "*" in KNOPPIX_V3.3-2003-11-19-EN.iso.md5 before. Is this normal? If so, what is that "*" about? If not, does that mean my md5sum is bad so I should download again?

TIA,
AJG
01-07-2004, 01:04 AM
rickenbacherus

No - it should be fine. :)
01-07-2004, 01:08 AM
A. Jorge Garcia

Wow, Ricky, thanx for that fast response!

But, what is that "*" about???

TIA,
AJG
01-07-2004, 06:53 AM
sn0wflake

Feature this

Obviously the * can't be a part of the hash, so I'm sure the ISO is OK.

"It's not a bug, it's a feature" :wink:
01-07-2004, 02:56 PM
A. Jorge Garcia

Re: Feature this

Quote:

Originally Posted by sn0wflake

Obviously the * can't be a part of the hash, so I'm sure the ISO is OK.

"It's not a bug, it's a feature" :wink:

Oh, OK, I thought undocumented features only came with Mr. Gates' Evil OS....

Regards,
AJG
01-07-2004, 09:17 PM
UnderScore

Re: KNOPPIX_V3.3-2003-11-19-EN.iso.md5

Quote:

Originally Posted by A. Jorge Garcia

I just downloaded KNOPPIX_V3.3-2003-11-19-EN.iso and KNOPPIX_V3.3-2003-11-19-EN.iso.md5 again (needed to burn a new copy at home).

cat KNOPPIX_V3.3-2003-11-19-EN.iso.md5 returns
8f841bae907f828ed7a36a0213746ab1 *KNOPPIX_V3.3-2003-11-19-EN.iso but

md5sum KNOPPIX_V3.3-2003-11-19-EN.iso returns
8f841bae907f828ed7a36a0213746ab1 KNOPPIX_V3.3-2003-11-19-EN.iso

I never noticed that "*" in KNOPPIX_V3.3-2003-11-19-EN.iso.md5 before. Is this normal? If so, what is that "*" about? If not, does that mean my md5sum is bad so I should download again?

TIA,
AJG

I only know this because I was asked to develop a proof of concept in Perl to prove that binary files could be stored in a Oracle DB and we could guarantee that the file is the same after it was retrieved. I am not trying to be an annoying know-it-all.

MD5SUM command uses the asterix * to designate that it is a binary file OR if the file was read in binary mode.

Doing man md5dum in Cygwin on Windows2000 shows:

Code:

-b, --binary read files in binary mode (default on DOS/Windows) -c, --check check MD5 sums against given list -t, --text read files in text mode (default)

http://www.fifi.org/cgi-bin/man2html...n1/md5sum.1.gz shows:

Code:

-b Use binary mode. In unix environment, only difference between this and the normal mode is an asterix preceding the filename in the output.

I hope this makes sense.