cksum

Documentation

Overview

Package cksum implements the legacy unix core util cksum cksum is also known as POSIX cksum, UNIX cksum

Index

• Constants
• func Cksum(data []byte) uint32
• func New() hash.Hash32

Examples

• Cksum
• New

Constants

const Size = 4

The size of a cksum value

Functions

func Cksum

func Cksum(data []byte) uint32

Cksum returns the cksum value of a given byte array

Example

data := []byte("Go is expressive, concise, clean, and efficient.")
fmt.Printf("cksum: %d", Cksum(data))

Output:

cksum: 1937373249

func New

func New() hash.Hash32

New returns a new hash.Hash computing the cksum value

Example

c := New()
io.WriteString(c, "Go is an open source programming environment.")
fmt.Printf("cksum: %d", c.Sum32())

Output:

cksum: 3621830076