From: Ruediger.Helsch@vt.siemens.de (Ruediger Helsch) Subject: Bad bug in md5sum and cmp 11 Nov 1998 21:49:21 -0800 Message-ID: <36497DDD.C916A61A.cygnus.gnu-win32@vt.siemens.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com 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".