X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_40,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,KHOP_THREADED X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:55:54 +0400 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: Andrey Repin Message-ID: <6587024.20120330205554@mtu-net.ru> To: Fergus , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Compare two directories, architecture only In-Reply-To: <4F742A9E.3080506@bonhard.uklinux.net> References: <4F742A9E.3080506@bonhard.uklinux.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Greetings, Fergus! > Is there an easy way to compare two directories for content (names only > of subdirectories and files, not their identical content). What you want it for? If you only need it for your own convenience, you can use compare tool included in file managers like Wincommander or Far Manager. > (1) "diff" compares the content of files: too strong a comparison; > (2) Could "find" both directories and then compare output, but this will > list the entire content under any non-matching subdirectories, when all > I need is the fact of the non-match. > (i.e. I need > diff -rq d1 d2 | sed ' /^Files /d' OR diff -rq d1 d2 | grep '^Only' > without the scrutiny of file content that diff provides.) -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 30.03.2012, <20:54> Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple