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rhash


Information about the package, rhash, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The rhash package is designed for, Great utility for computing hash sums.


Package Name:

rhash

Summary:

Great utility for computing hash sums

Description:

RHash is a console utility for calculation and verification of magnet links and a wide range of hash sums like CRC32, MD4, MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512, SHA3, AICH, ED2K, Tiger, DC++ TTH, BitTorrent BTIH, GOST R 34.11-94, RIPEMD-160, HAS-160, EDON-R, Whirlpool and Snefru. Hash sums are used to ensure and verify integrity of large volumes of data for a long-term storing or transferring. Features: * Output in a predefined (SFV, BSD-like) or a user-defined format. * Can calculate Magnet links. * Updating hash files (adding hash sums of files missing in the hash file). * Calculates several hash sums in one pass * Ability to process directories recursively. * Portability: the program works the same on Linux, *BSD or Windows.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.3.4

Release:

2.el6

Size:

114 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

MIT



Handy Yum Commands for rhash


Control the rhash package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install rhash

This command will install rhash on the server.

yum remove rhash

This command will un-install rhash on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rhash, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove rhash

This command will un-install rhash on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove rhash when using the -y flag.

yum update rhash

This command will update rhash to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rhash, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update rhash

This command will update rhash to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove rhash when using the -y flag.

yum info rhash

This command will show you core information about the rhash package.

yum deplist rhash

This command will show you the dependencies for rhash. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update rhash

This command will check if there is an update waiting on rhash. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.