Re: MD5 check sum of a file

On 13 Feb '08, at 2:49 AM, <email@hidden> <email@hidden > wrote:

Hi All,
I want to find out the md5 check sum of a file while giving the path of the file.


#include <CommonCrypto/CommonDigest.h>

This is Apple's preferred high-level API for generating digests/hashes.

If you have a choice of algorithms, and if this involves security at all, SHA-1 is a better choice. There are known weaknesses in MD5.

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