--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/md5sum.cc	Thu Mar 01 17:23:40 2007 +0000
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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 2007 David Bateman
+
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "defun-dld.h"
+#include "oct-md5.h"
+
+DEFUN_DLD (md5sum, args, nargout,
+   "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
+@deftypefn {Loadable Function} {} md5sum (@var{str})\n\
+Calculates the MD5 sum of the string @var{str}.\n\
+@end deftypefn")
+{
+  octave_value retval;
+  int nargin = args.length ();
+
+  if (nargin != 1)
+    print_usage();
+  else
+    {
+      std::string str = args(0).string_value();
+
+      if (!error_state)
+	retval = oct_md5 (str);
+    }
+
+  return retval;
+}