Subject: Re: dircmp for cygwin?
From: Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 19:02:45 -0800

On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 08:23:26PM -0600, Bobby McNulty Junior <[email-masked]> wrote:
> Google it. You might find it, if it's there.
> 
> From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]]On Behalf
> Of leo
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 7:36 PM
> To: [email-masked]
> 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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