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Date:      Tue, 6 Aug 1996 00:33:33 +0200 (SAT)
From:      Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com>
To:        fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard)
Cc:        dgy@rtd.com, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: perhaps i am just stupid.
Message-ID:  <199608052233.AAA00257@eac.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: <199608051842.SAA02315@jraynard.demon.co.uk> from "James Raynard" at Aug 5, 96 06:42:27 pm

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James Raynard wrote:

> > Is there a nice "easy" way for folks to verify checksums, etc.
> > of their files before installing?  Can this be added to the FAQ
> 
> cat bin.* | gzip -t - is nice and easy, but requires a fully
> functioning Unix box...
> 
> Although I believe both these utilities have been ported to DOS.
> Perhaps someone with the time and inclination could knock up a
> batch file to do this?  gzip.exe is already on the CDROM and I 
> don't see any reason why cat.exe couldn't be added.

No need for 'cat', use 

   copy /B bin.* con  

Of course, since MS-DOS simulates pipes by means of temporary files,
a great deal of disk space may be needed. :(

--
Robert Nordier



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