Apache Ant TasksChecksumChecksumDescriptionGenerates checksum for files. This task can also be used toperform checksum verifications. Note that many popular message digest functions - including MD5 andSHA-1 - have been broken recently. If you are going to use the taskto create checksums used in an environment where security isimportant, please take some time to investigate the algorithms offeredby your JCE provider. Note also that some JCE providers like the oneby The Legion of the BouncyCastle, the GNUproject or theTechnical University Graz offer more digest algorithms than thosebuilt-in into your JDK. Warning: the case of the extension is that of the algorithm used.If you ask for "SHA1", you get a .SHA1 extension; if you ask for "sha1", youget a file ending in .sha1. The Java Crypto Engines are case-insensitivein matching algorithms, so choose a name to match your desired output extension,or set the fileext attribute. Parameters | Attribute | Description | Required | | file | The file to generate checksum for. | One of either file or at least one nested (filesystem-only) resource collection. | | todir | The root directory where checksums should be written. | No. If not specified, checksum files will be written to the same directory as the files themselves. since Apache Ant 1.6 | | algorithm | Specifies the algorithm to be used to compute the checksum. Defaults to "MD5". Other popular algorithms like "SHA" or "SHA-512" may be used as well. | No | | provider | Specifies the provider of the algorithm. | No | | fileext | The generated checksum file's name will be the original filename with the fileext added to it. Defaults to a "." and the algorithm name being used. | No | | property | This attribute can mean two different things, it depends on the presence of the verifyproperty attribute.
If you don't set the verifyproperty attribute, property specifies the name of the property to be set with the generated checksum value.
If you set the verifyproperty attribute, property specifies the checksum you expect to be generated (the checksum itself, not a name of a property containing the checksum).
This cannot be specified when fileext is being used or when the number of files for which checksums is to be generated is greater than 1. | No | | pattern | Specifies the pattern to use as a pattern suitable for MessageFormat where {0} is replaced with the checksum and {1} with the file name. Since Ant 1.7.0
starting with Ant 1.8.2 {2} is replaced by the path of the file relative to the checksum file being written, {3} with tha path of the file relative to the project's basedir and {4} with the absolute path of the file. | No - default is "{0}". | | format | Specifies the pattern to use as one of a well-known format. Supported values are | name | pattern | description | | CHECKSUM | {0} | only the checksum itself | | MD5SUM | {0} *{1} | the format of GNU textutils md5sum | | SVF | MD5 ({1}) = {0} | the format of BSDs md5 command | Since Ant 1.7.0 | No - default is "CHECKSUM". | | totalproperty | If specified, this attribute specifies the name of the property that will hold a checksum of all the checksums and file paths. The individual checksums and the relative paths to the files within the resource collections in which they are defined will be used to compute this checksum. (The file separators in the paths will be converted to '/' before computation to ensure platform portability). since Ant 1.6 | No | | forceoverwrite | Overwrite existing files even if the destination files are newer. Defaults to "no". | No | | verifyproperty | Specifies the name of the property to be set with "true" or "false" depending upon whether the generated checksum matches the existing checksum. When this is set, the generated checksum is not written to a file or property, but rather, the content of the file or property is used to check against the generated checksum. | No | | readbuffersize | The size of the buffer (in bytes) to use when reading a file. Defaults to "8192" - you may get a better performance on big files if you increase this value. | No | Parameters specified as nested elementsresource collection Resource collections are used to select files for which checksums should be generated. ExamplesExample 1 <checksum file="foo.bar"/>
Generates a MD5 checksum for foo.bar and stores the checksum in the destination filefoo.bar.MD5. foo.bar.MD5 is overwritten only if foo.bar is newer than itself.Example 2 <checksum file="foo.bar" forceOverwrite="yes"/>
Generates a MD5 checksum for foo.bar and stores the checksum in foo.bar.MD5.If foo.bar.MD5 already exists, it is overwritten.Example 3 <checksum file="foo.bar" property="foobarMD5"/>
Generates a MD5 checksum for foo.bar and stores it in the Project Property foobarMD5.Example 4 <checksum file="foo.bar" verifyProperty="isMD5ok"/>
Generates a MD5 checksum for foo.bar, compares it against foo.bar.MD5 and setsisMD5ok to either true or false, depending upon the result.Example 5 <checksum file="foo.bar" algorithm="SHA-512" fileext="asc"/>
Generates a SHA-512 checksum for foo.bar and stores the checksum in the destination filefoo.bar.asc. foo.bar.asc is overwritten only if foo.bar is newer than itself.Example 6 <checksum file="foo.bar" property="${md5}" verifyProperty="isEqual"/>
Generates a MD5 checksum for foo.bar, compares it against the value of the propertymd5, and sets isEqual to either true or false, depending upon the result.Example 7 <checksum> <fileset dir="."> <include name="foo*"/> </fileset></checksum>
Works just like Example 1, but generates a .MD5 file for every file that begins with the name foo.Example 8 <condition property="isChecksumEqual"> <checksum> <fileset dir="."> <include name="foo.bar"/> </fileset> </checksum></condition>
Works like Example 4, but only sets isChecksumEqual to true, if thechecksum matches - it will never be set to false. This exampledemonstrates use with the Condition task.Note:When working with more than one file, if condition and/or verifyproperty is used,the result will be true only if the checksums matched correctly for all files beingconsidered. |
