Add cksum to the list of checksum functions.
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cksum is present on POSIX systems and the *majority* of Linux systems. Hence, MacOS has it too. I would like to have this merged in as a default; I use cksum frequently because it's 10x faster than md5sum for non-secure checksums. POSIX 1003.2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cksum https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009696799/utilities/cksum.html
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cksumis present on POSIX systems and the majority of Linux systems. Hence, MacOS has it too. I would like to have this merged in as a default; I usecksumfrequently because it's 10x faster thanmd5sumfor non-secure checksums.POSIX 1003.2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cksum
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009696799/utilities/cksum.html