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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:47:31 +1000 (EST)
From: Luke Kendall <luke DOT kendall AT cisra DOT canon DOT com DOT au>
Subject: Re: minor md5sum output difference
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On 10 Aug, Brian Dessent wrote:
>  The asterisk denotes whether the file was read in binary or text mode.  
>  Cygwin defaults to binary whereas linux defaults to text (but here the 
>  distinction is irrelevent.)  You can use -b or -t as appropriate to 
>  change the behavior. 

Thanks Brian, Corinna.  I didn't read the man page closely enough,
sorry.

luke


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