NAME

Parse::Sums - Parse checksums file (e.g. MD5SUMS, SHA1SUMS)

VERSION

This document describes version 0.001 of Parse::Sums (from Perl distribution Parse-Sums), released on 2016-11-23.

SYNOPSIS

use Parse::Sums qw(parse_sums);
my $res = parse_sums(filename => 'MD5SUMS');

FUNCTIONS

parse_sums(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]

Parse checksums file (e.g. MD5SUMS, SHA1SUMS).

This function is not exported by default, but exportable.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

  • content => str

    Content of checksums file.

    If specified, then filename contents will not be read.

  • filename => filename

    Checksums filename.

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/Parse-Sums.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Parse-Sums.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Parse-Sums

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

SEE ALSO

xsum from App::xsum.

shasum which comes with the perl distribution.

Unix utilities: md5sum, sha1sum, sha256sum, etc.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2016 by perlancar@cpan.org.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.