Filename for digests

[Greg Sabino Mullane]

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> Yes, I agree that the standard format is the best one to use, but I was
> asking about the name of the file, not it's format. For example, if I'm
> going to share a directory with 1000 files, it would be inconvenient to
> save each file's hash as a separate file, and just add a .sha1 extension
> (resulting in 2000 files). So therefore I would store all the hashes in
> one file. But what should this file be called? sha1sums? hashes.sha1?
> digests.sha1? Is the .sha1 extension important?

One pseudo-standard in place is to use uppercase for important meta-files
like README and INSTALL. One named "CHECKSUMS" or "CHECKSUMS.sha1"
should stand out enough. A signed version could be "CHECKSUMS.asc"
or even CHECKSUMS.sha1.asc, etc.

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Greg Sabino Mullane greg at turnstep.com
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http://biglumber.com/x/web?pk=2529DF6AB8F79407E94445B4BC9B906714964AC8
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