#! /bin/sh

# $Id: md5dirs,v 1.2 2006/11/26 20:08:44 mca1001 Exp $

# Parallel (per argument) recursive md5sum of files in multiple
# directories, such as might be used on a newly burned CD and its
# source directory.

# Ignores all symlinks!

for item in "$@"; do
  ( find "$item" -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 md5sum ) &
done

jobs
wait

# exit code will always be zero