package main import ( "fmt" "io" "os" "os/exec" "crypto/md5" ) // hashBinary computes MD5SUM of a binary file on disk func hashBinary(progName string) (string, error) { path, err := exec.LookPath(progName) if err != nil { return "", err } m := md5.New() file, err := os.Open(path) // For read access. if err != nil { return "", err } io.Copy(m, file) return fmt.Sprintf("%x", m.Sum(nil)), nil } // mustHashBinarySelf masks any error returned by hashBinary func mustHashBinarySelf() string { hash, _ := hashBinary(os.Args[0]) return hash }