cksum problem in unix

[amitv]

I am trying to compare cksum of 5 files in four different directories . The cksum of files in three directories on same server is same but the cksum of the files in the directory on another server is different. why is this happening?

Output on one server:
2741269201 1822 NRBGDWTESPTE0000002
475751410 11887 NRBGDWTESPTE0000003
917092061 22198 NRBGDWTESPTE0000004
1352351944 18683 NRBGDWTESPAT0000005
1606943972 2908 NRBGDWTESPAT0000006


and on another:

3867478739 1822 NRBGDWTESPTE0000002
45210552 11887 NRBGDWTESPTE0000003
734824348 22198 NRBGDWTESPTE0000004
3795910800 18683 NRBGDWTESPAT0000005
2828274160 2908 NRBGDWTESPAT0000006




The code I am using to get cksum from remote server is :
check_sum=`ssh $bound_host " cd ${dest_dir}; ls -lrt $l | cksum $l "`

[RedSon]

It happens because the files are different?

[shabinesh]

The hash code is unique for different files, and a file cannot have different hash codes. the fourth file must have changed or it should be different.

[amitv]

But my script is copying the same files to all the directories as u can see file sizes are same

[RedSon]

File sizes don't mean much. You can tell this because the check sum is wrong.

Try a different check sum algorithm. Like MD5 or one of the SHAs.