From: wfarlow@mxcom.com (W. Farlow) Subject: Re: Bad bug in md5sum and cmp 12 Nov 1998 22:55:32 -0800 Message-ID: <19981112145639.4794.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@findmail.com> References: <36497DDD.C916A61A@vt.siemens.de> To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Have you tried these programs on a binary mounted filesystem? Or with CYGWIN=' binmode'? Md5sum and cmp are badly broken. They stop reading the file at the > first Ctrl-Z. This makes them useless on binary files. > Cmp reports two files as equal if they differ behind the first Ctrl-Z. > Md5sum (even when used with the -b flag) stops after the first Ctrl-Z, > and when checking, reports the file as OK if changes occur only behind > the first Ctrl-Z. > These problems exist in B19 and B20. > Funny: cksum was also broken in B19 but works as expected in B20! > > Ruediger Helsch > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". > > ----- See the original message at http://www.egroups.com/list/gnu-win32/?start=9153 - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".