Python file hashing

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import hashlib

def sha256(filepath, blocksize=65536):
    """Generate SHA 256 hash for file at ``filepath``.

    ``blocksize`` (default is 65536) is block size to feed to hasher.

    Returns a ``str``."""
    hasher = hashlib.sha256()
    fo = open(filepath, 'rb')
    buf = fo.read(blocksize)
    while len(buf) > 0:
        hasher.update(buf)
        buf = fo.read(blocksize)
    return hasher.hexdigest()