[lug] Checksum & scp

[Kyle Moore]

I have to assume there are Windows clients that will be sending files.
So I can't assume they have anything. God, I hate dealing with Windows.
Not only is it a piece of junk but most of the people that use it for
servers seem to be clueless so I have to solve all of their problems.

Jeffrey Siegal wrote:
> 
> Kyle Moore wrote:
> > The other thing I would like to implement is file integrity. I have a
> > couple of ideas but am looking for other opinions. Something like having
> > a checksum generated automatically before the file is sent and then I
> > can compare the checksum after I receive the file.
> 
> safe_ssh()
> {
>    #usage:   safe_ssh local_file remote_host remote_name
>    md5sum $1
>    scp $1 $2:$3
>    ssh $2 md5sum $3
> }
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