sha256sum is not my friend

[suvayu ali]

2009/6/17 terry <xtlynne at charter.net>:
> steve searle
> The CHECKSUM file has both the name of the iso and its expected checksum
>> in it.
>>
>> So the command:
>>
>>         $ sha256sum -c Fedora-11-i386-CHECKSUM
>>
>> Causes it to look fat the iso in whose name is in the checksum file,
>> generate a checksum for it and compare that generated checksum against
>> the expected one that is held in the CHECKSUM file.
>
> No it does not!!!
>
>
> Doc Savage
>
> Doing in a terminal   sha256sum -c  Fedora - 11 - i686 - Live - CHECKSUM
>
> ANSWER: no such file or directory. this dog won't hunt.
> is spacing of ( - ) important?
>
> i can make it work but not the way you are telling me.
> if you say i need the path to the file    see above  and you are verifying a
> complaint of a OP
>

Maybe reading this will help.
http://fedoraproject.org/en/verify

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Suvayu

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