From:	Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: directory compare
Date:	18 Jan 1999 15:15:21 GMT
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Dirk Färber (faerber AT ant DOT uni-hannover DOT de) wrote:
: 1. It reads two directory structures. E.g. one at c:\user\texte the 
:    other at a:\texte
: 3. It compares every file by size and date and choses whether it's
:    missing in that position of the other directory tree or if it's 
:    newer.
: 4. If it's missing or it's newer an appropiate copy-command is written 
:    into a temporary script file (tmp.bat).
: 5. This script file can be edited prior to execution or it can be 
:    passed through grep to exclude/include specific files. 
:    This is actually an advantage compared to other programs I found!

Have you tried "diff -r"?


Right,

							MartinS

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