dshash

Simple SHA256 hashing library and example utility

dshash C++ class

• located in src/
• A simple implementation of SHA256 with no dependencies.
• Just two files: dshash.cpp and dshash.hpp
• can hash a file, directory tree, or string.
• uses std::array<uint8_t, 32> as the underlying type
• generally used as a std::string, containing the hex representation of the hash.

dshash utility

• located in dshash/
• no dependencies, statically linked
• simple command line utilty to calculate hash of file or directory
• outputs the hash only with a newline
• -v (verbose) mode lists the individual files as they are processed.

testing

• testing of both the C++ class and the dshash utility are in tests/
• ./test.sh runs all tests and returns success only if all pass.

publishing

• dshash utility published as a getpkg.xyz package, and also available from getbin.xyz.