package main import ( "crypto/sha256" "fmt" "io" "os" ) func HashFile(filename string) (string, error) { hashfn := sha256.New() infile, err := os.Open(filename) if err != nil { return "", err } defer infile.Close() _, err = io.Copy(hashfn, infile) if err != nil { return "", err } return fmt.Sprintf("%x", hashfn.Sum(nil)), nil }