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Could you create a DDM file on one system that points to the source file on the
other, then do a CMPPFM for each member?  Somehow captutr the results?  Might be
an alternate solution, otherwise I'm no help on the hash code approach.

Kevin Monahan
Sr Programmer/Analyst
JL Hammett Co
781-848-1000 x1114
www.hammett.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]On
> Behalf Of Dan Bale
> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 10:45 AM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Generate hash code for a source member?
>
>
> (Cross posted on Midrange-L, RPG400-L, & MI400)
>
> Has anyone invented this wheel?  I'm looking for a way to compare source
> members on different systems to determine whether or not they are
> identical - Yes or No.  If different, I don't care how different.
>
> Because I don't really want to save & restore whole source files between two
> systems, my thinking was to create a hash code for each source member based
> on the contents.  Create a file with fields:  Library Name, File Name,
> Source Member Name, Hash Code.  FTP the file from the system A to system B
> and compare the two.  I'm fairly confident that the two source files are
> identical, but I need to be sure.
>
> Is a hash code generator what I'm looking for here?  Feed in
> Library/File(Member) and get back a 16(?)-byte hash code?  If so, does
> anyone have one that runs on V3R2?
>
> - Dan Bale
> (I am *NOT* "Dale"
> http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200105/msg00281.html )
> SAMSA, Inc.
> 989-790-0507
> DBale@SAMSA.com
>   Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
>   (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)



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