pastebin - collaborative debugging

#! /usr/bin/python

from md5 import md5
import os

def hashLocal(thefile):
   f = file("base/" + thefile, 'rb')
   hsh = md5()
   while 1:
      data = f.read(2048)
      if not data: break
      hsh.update(data)
   f.close()
   return hsh.hexdigest()

def downloadHash():
   os.system("wget -N http://instagib.jorgepena.be/downloads/packages/md5hash")

def downloadFile(thefile):
   url = "http://instagib.jorgepena.be/downloads/packages/" + thefile
   dest = "base/" + thefile
   print "Downloading " + thefile + " from " + url + " to " + dest
   os.system("wget -P base/ " + url + " -N")

# Begin

print "Downloading the hash file..."
downloadHash()

failed = 0

for line in open('md5hash', 'r'):
   print "---------------------------------------------"
   filename = line[34:].rstrip() # Get the file name
   print "File: " + filename
   rHash = line[:32]
   print "Remote Hash: " + rHash
   lHash = hashLocal(filename)
   print "Local Hash:  " + lHash
   if rHash != lHash:
      print "MD5 Hash Mismatch..."
      failed = failed + 1
      downloadFile(filename)
   else:
      print "Successful Hash Comparison"

if failed == 0:
   print "No updates available"
else:
   print "Downloaded " + string(failed) + " updates"