md5_file

In cryptography, MD5 (Message-Digest algorithm 5) is a widely used cryptographic hash function with a 128-bit hash value and has been employed in a wide variety of security applications. It is also commonly used to check the integrity of files and strings. This function will take the given file and generate a unique MD5 for that file which can then be stored for later use.

NOTE: MD5 is not completely secure and can be broken. See this page for more info.

Syntax:

md5_file(filename)

Returns:

String

Example:

hash = md5_file(working_directory + "game_data.ini")

The above code will generate an MD5 hash for the specified file and store the returned value in the variable "hash".