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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   
      
      
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