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+++ b/lib/libmd/mdX.3
@@ -72,27 +72,31 @@ run over the data with
and finally extract the result using
.Fn MDXFinal .
.Pp
+The
.Fn MDXPad
-can be used to pad message data in same way
+function can be used to pad message data in same way
as done by
.Fn MDXFinal
without terminating calculation.
.Pp
+The
.Fn MDXEnd
-is a wrapper for
+function is a wrapper for
.Fn MDXFinal
which converts the return value to a 33-character
(including the terminating '\e0')
.Tn ASCII
string which represents the 128 bits in hexadecimal.
.Pp
+The
.Fn MDXFile
-calculates the digest of a file, and uses
+function calculates the digest of a file, and uses
.Fn MDXEnd
to return the result.
If the file cannot be opened, a null pointer is returned.
+The
.Fn MDXFileChunk
-is similar to
+function is similar to
.Fn MDXFile ,
but it only calculates the digest over a byte-range of the file specified,
starting at
@@ -108,8 +112,9 @@ of the file,
calculates the digest from
.Fa offset
to the end of file.
+The
.Fn MDXData
-calculates the digest of a chunk of data in memory, and uses
+function calculates the digest of a chunk of data in memory, and uses
.Fn MDXEnd
to return the result.
.Pp
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