Hasher

Package: WA2L/WinTools 1.2.08
Section: General Commands (1)
Updated: 29 October 2019
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NAME

Hasher - Calculate and compare file checksum

SYNOPSIS

WA2LWinTools/bin/Hasher [ -h | -i | -u | -V ]

Hasher [ -c[cms]sx ][ file ]

AVAILABILITY

WA2L/WinTools

DESCRIPTION

You can use IgorWare Hasher to generate checksum for text or single file and verify its integrity by using verification files (.sha, .md5 and .sfv).

The Hasher command can be installed to the 'Send To' context menu in 'Microsoft™ Windows Explorer' for most convenient usage. To do so, invoke Hasher -i once.

OPTIONS

-h

usage message.

-i

install the Hasher command as menu point 'Hasher' to the 'Send To' context menu in 'Windows Explorer'.

-u

uninstall the Hasher shortcut from the 'Send To' context menu in 'Windows Explorer'.

-V

print program version.

-c[cms]sx

calculate hash. You can optionally define which algorithm to calculate with switches inside brackets ([]):

[c]

CRC32 checksum

[m]

MD5 checksum

[s]

SHA-1 checksum

s

save files after calculation

x

exit after calculation

Examples:

To calculate only SHA-1 algorithm:

  Hasher.exe -c[s] "c:\file.txt"

To calculate all three algorithms, save hash values in files and exit:

  Hasher.exe -c[cms]sx "c:\file.txt"

file

file to calculate the checksum for.

ENVIRONMENT

EXIT STATUS

0

no error.

4

usage message displayed.

5

program version printed.

6

program variant not known. This error occurs when the Hasher command is renamed.

FILES

Hasher.cfg

configuration file of Hasher.

EXAMPLES

NOTES

Hasher was developed by Igor <support@igorware.com>. See (https://www.igorware.com/hasher) for more information.

Parts of this manual page are extracted from the web page: https://www.igorware.com/hasher/help.

BUGS

AUTHOR

Hasher was developed by Igor <support@igorware.com>. and integrated into WA2L/WinTools by Christian Walther. Send suggestions and bug reports regarding the integration to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .

COPYRIGHT

This is free software; see WA2LWinTools/man/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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