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authorbde <bde@FreeBSD.org>1997-07-06 03:03:10 +0000
committerbde <bde@FreeBSD.org>1997-07-06 03:03:10 +0000
commit1576c35fbe706826e867129cb23898825893507c (patch)
tree0c3780cb5e37fcb0188d5123c71c3c61ff55a956 /usr.bin/cksum/cksum.1
parent532dea9042abf44b0a21290e3e3e16fba10a32f7 (diff)
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Merge from Lite2 (make the command `sum' an alias for `cksum -o 1', and
reject -o args other than "1" or "2").
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/cksum/cksum.1')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/cksum/cksum.120
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/cksum/cksum.1 b/usr.bin/cksum/cksum.1
index a88b905..c94fceb 100644
--- a/usr.bin/cksum/cksum.1
+++ b/usr.bin/cksum/cksum.1
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" @(#)cksum.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
-.\" $Id: cksum.1,v 1.3 1997/04/29 08:41:26 jmg Exp $
+.\" @(#)cksum.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
+.\" $Id: cksum.1,v 1.4 1997/06/25 07:02:00 charnier Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 28, 1995
.Dt CKSUM 1
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
.Nm cksum
.Op Fl o Ar \&1 No \&| Ar \&2
.Op Ar file ...
+.Nm sum
+.Op Ar file ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm cksum
@@ -56,6 +58,14 @@ the total number of octets in the file and the file name.
If no file name is specified, the standard input is used and no file name
is written.
.Pp
+The
+.Nm sum
+utility is identical to the
+.Nm cksum
+utility, except that it defaults to using historic algorithm 1, as
+described below.
+It is provided for compatibility only.
+.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl o
@@ -141,8 +151,10 @@ The bit sequence is complemented and the result is the CRC.
.Ed
.Pp
The
-.Nm
-utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
+.Nm cksum
+and
+.Nm sum
+utilities exit 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr md5 1
.Rs
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