sri wrote:
> Hi,
>
> what is md5sum?
>
> I see it in all distro cds.
>
> what is the use of it?
>
> please explain it..

IIRC its way of taking a file and giving it an almost unique value,
based on its contents.

So if it changes n anyway, you re bout 99% sure that the next time you
run MD5sum against it, you will get a different answer.

Very useful in distinguishing between two versions of a file that have
the same name, and length, and knowing they re different.


But why sk me? you could have type dit into google and gotten here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Md5sum

a lot faster.