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|    Message 415 of 1,237    |
|    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                     ... Those who bring sunshine to others cannot keep it from them themselves.       --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49        * Origin: Freeway BBS - freeway.apana.org.au (3:633/410)    |
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