[mdlug] MD5SUM question

[Ingles, Raymond]

Different names shouldn't affect the md5sum, which only uses the
contents of the file. What does the command-line tool "diff" say?

Bear in mind that it might be a simple as an embedded timestamp that's
changed, if anything has.

 Sincerely,

 Ray Ingles                                        (313) 227-2317

    "Quantum Mechanics is a totally preposterous theory which,
     unfortunately, appears to be correct." - Steven Weinberg

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> 
> All,
> 
>           I have a quick question about MD5SUMs. A customer sent me
what they
> said was an updated file. It is a pdf of floorplans for a school. It
is a
> large file and intricate to look at for changes. It is also large to
print
> 42"x30" and costs about $15 to print. I need two copies of the most
recent
> version. I already have one copy of the original printed. So to see if
the
> new file was different than the original I ran an MD5SUM of the two
files and
> got different results. Now for the question these files have different
names
> would the different names affect the MD5SUMs.
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