[ydl-gen] thank you

[james gray]

Yes frustration does exist. !.
I attempted sha1 in Bash and it does not work. seemingly. so i posted a
question about 15 minutes ago, as to what is the default shell  that Linux
is built on.

after all of the bs below, as i was cleaning off the desk top i did see a
file with a Linux download drive inside and dragged it, the drive onto the
terminal curser to get its path and tried to check it in a debug option and
got nowhere.

This is a small fragment of what i did try over a period of 3 hours:
and several other variations from the man sha1 in BASH , i did go on line
and found :
openssl sha1 <path/filename.ext>

I then went in and did a debug option:
$ openssl sha1 -d
/Users/polymorphous/Desktop/yellowdog-6.2-ppc-DVD_20090629.iso
BIO[00409A30]:ctrl(6) - FILE pointer
BIO[00409A30]:ctrl return 0
BIO[00409A30]:ctrl(108) - FILE pointer
BIO[00409A30]:ctrl return 0
/Users/polymorphous/Desktop/yellowdog-6.2-ppc-DVD_20090629.iso: No such file
or directory
BIO[00409A30]:Free - FILE pointer

A issue of file permissions kept coming up so i did a Mac OS Disk Utility
file permissions check and repair.

and then did this:

$ openssl sha1 -hex
/Users/polymorphous/Desktop/yellowdog-6.2-ppc-DVD_20090629.iso.download/
Read Error in
/Users/polymorphous/Desktop/yellowdog-6.2-ppc-DVD_20090629.iso.download/
256:error:0200B015:system library:fread:Is a directory:bss_file.c:167:
256:error:20082002:BIO routines:FILE_READ:system lib:bss_file.c:168:
--------------------------------------------
$ openssl sha1 -c
/Users/polymorphous/Desktop/yellowdog-6.2-ppc-DVD_20090629.iso.download/
Read Error in
/Users/polymorphous/Desktop/yellowdog-6.2-ppc-DVD_20090629.iso.download/
276:error:0200B015:system library:fread:Is a directory:bss_file.c:167:
276:error:20082002:BIO routines:FILE_READ:system lib:bss_file.c:168:
-----------------------------------------
$ open sha1 -verify
/Users/polymorphous/Desktop/yellowdog-6.2-ppc-DVD_20090629.iso.download/
2010-05-25 10:14:14.664 open[643] No such file: /Users/polymorphous/sha1
----------------------------------
$ openssl sha1 -signature $ open sha1 -verify
/Users/polymorphous/Desktop/yellowdog-6.2-ppc-DVD_20090629.iso.download/
open: No such file or directory
sha1: No such file or directory
-verify: No such file or directory
Read Error in
/Users/polymorphous/Desktop/yellowdog-6.2-ppc-DVD_20090629.iso.download/
653:error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or
directory:bss_file.c:278:fopen('open','r')
653:error:20074002:BIO routines:FILE_CTRL:system lib:bss_file.c:280:
653:error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or
directory:bss_file.c:278:fopen('sha1','r')
653:error:20074002:BIO routines:FILE_CTRL:system lib:bss_file.c:280:
653:error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or
directory:bss_file.c:278:fopen('-verify','r')
653:error:20074002:BIO routines:FILE_CTRL:system lib:bss_file.c:280:
653:error:0200B015:system library:fread:Is a directory:bss_file.c:167:
653:error:20082002:BIO routines:FILE_READ:system lib:bss_file.c:168:
poly-morphous-Computer:~ polymorphous$ 2010-05-25 10:14:14.664 open[643] No
such file: /Users/polymorphous/sha1
-bash: 2010-05-25: command not found


On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 7:28 AM, Derick Centeno <dcenteno at ydl.net> wrote:

> Given what you posted previously I'm concerned whether you are familiar
> with the nuances involved in both using the SHA1SUM value and
> invoking the SHA1SUM test on the .iso you choose to download to burn
> onto a DVD.
>
> The difficulty is that if you are not familiar with it, you could
> easily download a defective .iso and burn an equally defective DVD -
> again, again, and yet again.  This process ad nauseum wastes
> download time and burning time.
>
> Given how you already reacted, the potential frustration resulting from
> producing an incomplete and/or faulty DVD may be a process to avoid
> completely.  Unfortunately without understanding the usage of the
> SHA1SUM value and the SHA1SUM test there is no way to determine if
> the .iso you downloaded before burning the DVD exactly matches the
> product originally released by Fixstars (or any other Linux
> distribution).
>
> If you determine that the information posted at the mirrors regarding
> the SHA1SUM are unclear I'd be happy to attempt a more effective
> explanation and post it here.
>
> All the best...
>
> On Sat, 22 May 2010 11:44:35 -0700
> james gray <pointerleft at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thank you Henry Olders
> > I was hoping to get a file map, here / here / here /.
> > I could spend hours days weeks years looking at the plethora of Linux
> > distro`s, trying to figure out what is what.
> > And the People at Linux wonder why more people in the general public
> > do not get involved.
> > Thank you.
> > some day if i get the time from writing code i will try to make it a
> > mission to clarify clarity in Linux distro`s.
> > Thank you
>
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