[wplug] Mysteries of md5sum

[Jonathan Billings]

On 8/2/05, Mike <techmike at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've seen this with image files stored on hard drives before.  Seems to be
> more apparent with larger files.  In the several GB range.  In the past I've
> created a sum, then verified it instantly to find it fail.  :/ 
>   
> -Mike

If you're seeing this behavior, it probably means that either your
disk or your memory is bad.  md5sum should return the same value every
time for the same static data -- if it returns a value.

-- 
  Jonathan Billings
jsbillings at gmail.com