checking a burned CD against an ISO

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 12:26:18AM -0400, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> >FILESIZE=$(stat -c%s "$ISO_FILENAME")
> >DISK_MD5=`dd if=$DEVICE | head -c $FILESIZE | md5sum`
> 
>     No need for more than one external command:
> 
> DISK_MD5=$( md5sum "$DEVICE" )

Unless the linux kernel has somehow recently got a clue about reading
optical media without trying to read past the end of the device, then
that 'head' command is probably quite useful.

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