#md5 #hash #checksum

chksum-md5

An implementation of the MD5 hash function with a straightforward interface for computing digests of bytes, files, directories, and more

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0.1.0 Dec 7, 2024
0.0.0 Dec 21, 2023

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chksum-md5

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An implementation of the MD5 hash function with a straightforward interface for computing digests of bytes, files, directories, and more.

Setup

To use this crate, add the following entry to your Cargo.toml file in the dependencies section:

[dependencies]
chksum-md5 = "0.1.0"

Alternatively, you can use the cargo add subcommand:

cargo add chksum-md5

Usage

Use the chksum function to calculate digest of file, directory and so on.

use chksum_md5 as md5;

let file = File::open(path)?;
let digest = md5::chksum(file)?;
assert_eq!(
    digest.to_hex_lowercase(),
    "5c71dbb287630d65ca93764c34d9aa0d"
);

For more usage examples, refer to the documentation available at docs.rs.

License

This crate is licensed under the MIT License.

Dependencies

~0.3–9.5MB
~79K SLoC