sumdir(1)                                               sumdir(1)



NAME
     sumdir - sums and counts the characters within the files  of
     the given directories

SYNOPSIS
     sumdir [directories]

ARGUMENTS
     directories
          Specifies the directories that contain the files to be
          checked.

DESCRIPTION
     sumdir provides a recursive checksum of all files in the
     specified directory.  It calculates and prints a 16-bit
     checksum for the named file, and also prints the number of
     characters in the file.

     It is typically used to look for bad spots on the file
     system, or to validate a file transmitted over some
     transmission line.

     The output from this program differs from the output from
     the sum(1) program in that sumdir prints the number of
     characters rather than the number of blocks in the file.

EXAMPLES
     The command:

        sumdir man1

     produces the checksum and the character count of the files
     in the man1 directory.

FILES
     /usr/bin/sumdir
          Executable file

SEE ALSO
     sum(1)















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