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  • sample_file.txt

    • This is a text file with an arbitrary string. But, it could be a file of any type. This is purely for demonstration purposes.

  • sample_file.txt.md5

    • This is a text file that contains only the md5 sum of the sample_file.txt


Note

Certain characters have special meanings when used in file names such as "*" for wildcards, and "\" in file name paths. If a file or folder you’re trying to publish contains any of the characters listed below, it will prevent files from being written to the file system.

" * : < > ? / \ |

Leading and trailing spaces in filenames and filenames ending in '.' are also not supported.


Unzip this sample file to some location and note that location. When transferring any file, MQTT Transmission requires two files to be present before it will transfer the target file. The first is the file itself. The second is a file that has the same name as the target file followed by a '.md5' extension. The contents of that file must contain the Message Digest Algorithm 5 (or MD5 sum) of the file. The MD5 sum can be calculated using command line utilities on most operating systems. Here are some examples:

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