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   Message 441 of 1,237   
   Tony Langdon to mark lewis   
   Re: CRC32   
   02 Oct 16 07:57:00   
   
   -=> mark lewis wrote to Tony Langdon <=-   
      
    ml> as i understand it, Archive::Zip is available... i would expect to find   
    ml> it on CPAN... from what i understand, it is what brings crc32 to the   
    ml> table... in fact, i just took a peek at it...   
      
   I see. :)   
      
    TL> If it was a simply matter of doing it for my purposes, md5sum would be   
    TL> the go, but we have to work with the TIC specs here. ;)   
      
    ml> the specs won't be updated until the new feature is in widespread   
    ml> use... i don't recall if md5 has been seen in any TIC files but the   
    ml> spec should indicate what to do with unknown options... following   
    ml> existing design, you could add md5... i would use both for some time   
    ml> until md5 caught on...   
      
   One way to find out.  I could add a md5 keyword and see if Mystic barfs on it.    
   If not, I could add that capability to the script. :)   
      
      
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