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 Message 415 
 Tony Langdon to Alan Ianson 
 Re: CRC32 
 30 Sep 16 19:14:00 
 
-=> Alan Ianson wrote to Maurice Kinal <=-


 AI> Do you happen to know if it's possible to use this utility to get a
 AI> CRC-32 value for a file? Looking in fsp-1039.001 it says I need..


 AI>    Crc

 AI>      This keyword specifies the CRC-32 of the file to be distributed.
 AI>      The CRC an eight digit hex number, preferably written in upper
 AI>      case, but application should be able to handle CRC's written in
 AI>      lower case.

 AI>      Example: Crc B0A29EE6

 AI>      This is a required keyword.

Looks like they use a different algorithm.  I compared the output of the DOS
CRC32 utility with the output of cksum and got:

CRC32.COM - E6A6D14C


mystic@lemaker /mystic/tic $ cksum VKRADIO.ZIP
89108290 8921 VKRADIO.ZIP


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