---
name: "brecsum"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "barry-util"
version: "0.18.3-5"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/brecsum"
---

# brecsum(1)

Generate SHA1 sums of raw Blackberry database records.

## NAME

**brecsum** - Generate SHA1 sums of raw Blackberry database records.

## SYNOPSIS

**brecsum** \[-d db\]\[-h\]\[-p pin\]\[-P pass\]\[-v\]

## DESCRIPTION

**brecsum** downloads the specified database(s) and computes a SHA1 checksum on each raw record it finds.  The SHA1 sums are written to stdout.

This is mainly useful for verifying the integrity of restored data during testing.

## OPTIONS

- **-d db**

  Specify the database to download and sum.  This option may be given multiple times to fetch more than one database.  See btool's -t option to retrieve a list of databases on your device.

- **-i**

  Include DB Name, Type, and Unique record IDs in the checksums.

- **-p pin**

  Specify the PIN of the device to talk to.  Only needed if there are multiple Blackberries plugged into your system at once.

- **-P pass**

  Simplistic method to specify device password.  In a real application, this would be done using a more secure prompt.

- **-v**

  Dump verbose protocol data during operation.

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

## RETURN STATUS

In the event of a fatal error, the message will be written to stderr, with an error code of 1.

## AUTHOR

**brecsum** is part of the Barry project. This manual page was written by Chris Frey.

## SEE ALSO

http://www.netdirect.ca/software/packages/barry