In order to allow upstream notification, I’ve added the “–uploadnotify” argument to the FTP uploader:

VICT.BAT -U ftp://scott:tiger@ftp.oracle.com/ --uploadnotify allanc@oracle.com -u logfile1 -u logfile2

Foe each upload, a .sum file would still be generated — in this case, upload1.sum and upload2.sum. The comment “# NOTIFY allanc@oracle.com” is added to the checksum file so that any post-processor knows whom to alert of an upload. If this comment is present and understood, it can be considered advisement, not a directive; default processing may very well occur.

This is not governed by any spec, and I did not find a RFC or other open spec suggesting a format. I’ve suggested using an RFC1738-compatible URL. The format of the checksum file remains compatible with the “sum” and “md5” commands.