OCAML-MD5SUMS(1)

💖 OCAML-MD5SUMS 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about ocaml-md5sum — a lil tool from the User Contributed Perl Documentation section of your friendly neighbourhood manual pages (yes you're in OCAML-MD5SUMS(1), welcome, sit down, hydrate 🍓). Its whole job? Using and maintaining ocaml md5sums registry files. that's it, that's the gig. 👑

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ocaml-md5sum (compute|dep) [option ...] file ...

ocaml-md5sum update [option ...]

so real quick on the two main-character modes here:

• compute — dumps the content of the the md5sums files to output. literally just spilling the tea, straight to stdout. 💅
• dep — computes the dependencies of the package, using the md5sums files that can be found. detective work, but make it checksums. 🔍

and then there's update, which is its own little moment with [option ...] and no files, iykyk.

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

every single flag, no skips, no cuts, we eat the whole plate:

• --package pkg — sets the package name for development dependency. name goes here, bestie. 🫶
• --runtime pkg — sets the package name for runtime dependency. different pkg, different vibe.
• --version ver — sets the package version for dependencies. give it a ver. ✨
• --dump-info fn — dumps ocamlobjinfo to the file you name. save it for later, like a screenshot of a fit.
• --load-info fn — restores ocamlobjinfo from a file. the glow-up recovery arc. 🦋
• -v — increases verbosity. more -v, more lore. 🗣️
• --my-version — prints the ocaml-md5sum version and dips. literally prints and exits, no small talk.
• --nodefined unit — avoids export of the OCaml unit into the md5sums file. keep that unit out of the registry, respectfully. 🙈
• --dump-provides fn — writes the provides for the package into the given file. get that provides out into the world. 👑
• --md5sums-dir dir — adds a directory to the list of directories looked for md5sums files. more dirs, more chances. 🌈
• --checksum str — the checksum to use. you pick the str, you pick the algorithm energy.
• -help — prints a brief help message and exits. tiny help, big heart.
• -man — prints the manual page and exits. (hi, that's me, that's this 💖)

ngl some of these are doing the absolute most, but that's the assignment, and honestly? slay.

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🌸 final thoughts 🌸

this page lives in perl v5.40.1 land and it was stamped 2026-08-05 — so if you're reading this in a terminal at 2am, hi, you're exactly where you're supposed to be, main character energy fr fr. go forth, ocaml-md5sum, stay iconic, and remember: checksums don't lie. 💜🎀✨