home bbs files messages ]

Just a sample of the Echomail archive

<< oldest | < older | list | newer > | newest >> ]

 Message 420 
 mark lewis to Tony Langdon 
 CRC32 
 30 Sep 16 09:57:14 
 
30 Sep 16 19:14, you wrote to Alan Ianson:

 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.

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

 TL> CRC32.COM - E6A6D14C

what file did you test against?

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

this one is in decimal, not HEX...

)\/(ark

Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it
wrong...
... You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
---
 * Origin:  (1:3634/12.73)

<< oldest | < older | list | newer > | newest >> ]

(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca