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Currently we include instructions on how to check the sha of a
downloaded tar-ball, but do not include instruction on how to
get the `SHA256.txt` file. This has led to confusion with people
thinking that the SHA256.txt is included in that tarball.

This commit includes instructions on how to use curl to download the
`SHA256.txt` prior to the instructions on how to verify the sha.

Refs: nodejs/help#113
Refs: nodejs/help#137
PR-URL: #6120
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
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Myles Borins committed Apr 20, 2016
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Expand Up @@ -70,7 +70,15 @@ documentation of the latest stable version.

Stable, LTS and Nightly download directories all contain a *SHASUM256.txt*
file that lists the SHA checksums for each file available for
download. To check that a downloaded file matches the checksum, run
download.

The *SHASUM256.txt* can be downloaded using curl.

```
$ curl -O https://nodejs.org/dist/vx.y.z/SHASUMS256.txt
```

To check that a downloaded file matches the checksum, run
it through `sha256sum` with a command such as:

```
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