Hash utilities: Check for and report on junk files.

[u/mdw/catacomb] / hashsum.1

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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 hashsum \- compute and verify cryptographic checksums of files
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B hashsum
-.RB [ \-f0ecbpv ]
+.RB [ \-f0ecbjpv ]
 .RB [ \-a
 .IR algorithm ]
 .RB [ \-E
@@ -119,6 +119,14 @@ the hash list is authentic (e.g., it has been digitally signed, or
 obtained via some secure medium), this provides strong assurance that
 the files listed have not been tampered with.
 .TP
+.B "\-j, \-\-junk"
+Report files whose hashes have not been checked.  This is most useful in
+conjunction with
+.RB ` \-c ',
+though it's valid without.  The program merely prints warnings about
+junk files when computing hashes, but will exit nonzero if any are found
+when checking them.
+.TP
 .B "\-b, \-\-binary"
 Assume that the files to be hashed are binary files.  This doesn't make
 any difference in Unix systems, although it might on other platforms