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GetFileMD5$ (function)

Compute the MD5 Message-Digest of the specified file. The file can contain any text or binary data.

SYNTAX:

digest$ = GetFileMD5$ (FileSpec$)

INPUTS:

FileSpec$ (STRING)

• The path/file specification of the file you want to get the MD5 Message-Digest from.

RESULT:

digest$ (STRING)

• The MD5 Message-Digest of the given file as hexadecimal string.
• Will be an empty string, if the file could not be opened (either not found or not accessible).

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