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echo: tuxpower
to: mark lewis
from: Tony Langdon
date: 2016-10-02 07:57:00
subject: Re: CRC32

-=> 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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