pyguymer3.sha256¶

pyguymer3.sha256(fname, /, *, chunksize=1048576)[source]¶

Find the SHA-256 hash of a file

This function returns the SHA-256 hash of the passed file.

Parameters:

fname (str) – the input file name
chunksize (int, optional) – the size of the chunks of any files which are read in (in bytes)

Returns:

hexdigest – The hash hexdigest of the input file.

Return type:

str

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