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From:	"leo" <halloleo AT myrealbox DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: dircmp for cygwin?
Date:	Tue, 18 Nov 2003 09:16:45 +1100
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thanks  for the responses!

diff -r will do it for me.

cheers, leo

----- Original Message -----
From: "Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes" <sthoenna AT efn DOT org>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: dircmp for cygwin?


> On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 08:23:26PM -0600, Bobby McNulty Junior
<bmj2001 AT bellsouth DOT net> wrote:
> > Google it. You might find it, if it's there.
> >
> > From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> > Of leo
> > Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 7:36 PM
> > To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > Subject: dircmp for cygwin?
> >
> > however i couldn't find dircmp in the collection of tools. is there a
dircmp
> > implementation for cygwin?
>
> Archaeological notes:
> dircmp was listed as legacy in the susv2 standard and removed in susv3
> (in deference to diff -r).  Rationale:
>
>    Although a useful concept, the historical output of this directory
>    comparison program is not suitable for processing in application
>    programs. Also, the diff -r command gives equivalent functionality.
>
> Of course, tar was also removed in susv3, in deference to pax.  You've
> all heard of pax, right?
>
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