dir-checksum - minimal Python script to create a checksum of all files in a directory

dir-checksum

#! /usr/bin/env python

## Create the checksum of all the files in a directory
## find the original script here: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/35832/how-do-i-get-the-md5-sum-of-a-directorys-contents-as-one-sum

import hashlib, hmac, os, stat, sys
## Return the hash of the contents of the specified file, as a hex string
def file_hash(name):
    f = open(name)
    h = hashlib.sha256()
    while True:
        buf = f.read(16384)
        if len(buf) == 0: break
        h.update(buf)
    f.close()
    return h.hexdigest()
## Traverse the specified path and update the hash with a description of its
## name and contents
def traverse(h, path):
    rs = os.lstat(path)
    quoted_name = repr(path)
    if stat.S_ISDIR(rs.st_mode):
        h.update('dir ' + quoted_name + '\n')
        for entry in sorted(os.listdir(path)):
            traverse(h, os.path.join(path, entry))
    elif stat.S_ISREG(rs.st_mode):
        h.update('reg ' + quoted_name + ' ')
        h.update(str(rs.st_size) + ' ')
        h.update(file_hash(path) + '\n')
    else: pass # silently symlinks and other special files
h = hashlib.sha256()
for root in sys.argv[1:]: traverse(h, root)
h.update('end\n')
print h.hexdigest()