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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!netcom.com!stanb From: stanb@netcom.com (Stan Brown) Subject: Re: Where is sum in FreeBSD Message-ID: <stanbE1LsAw.Fpq@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #3 (NOV) References: <stanbE1Lq2B.CBC@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 23:08:56 GMT Lines: 37 Sender: stanb@netcom23.netcom.com stanb@netcom.com (Stan Brown) writes: > Argh, I am trying to port some user environment setup scripts to my >FreeBSD machine. I can't find sum. Is it not provided with FreeBSD? > Here is the section from an HP man page describing it's standards > status: >STANDARDS CONFORMANCE > sum: SVID2, XPG2, XPG3 Never mind! I should learn to read *all* the man page :-( Remarks sum is obsolescent and should not be used in new applications that are intended to be portable between systems. Use cksum instead (see cksum(1)). >-- >Stan Brown stanb@netcom.com 404-996-6955 >Factory Automation Systems >Atlanta Ga. >-- >Look, look, see Windows 95. Buy, lemmings, buy! >Pay no attention to that cliff ahead... Henry Spencer >(c) 1996 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited. -- Stan Brown stanb@netcom.com 404-996-6955 Factory Automation Systems Atlanta Ga. -- Look, look, see Windows 95. Buy, lemmings, buy! Pay no attention to that cliff ahead... Henry Spencer (c) 1996 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.