X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:reply-to:message-id:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=kpR/+zaJzWz0T2cR u4wt3Y+C2zP23io2/VtdCO/t0FqeEgyPJMc/MY1mn//nsenCH8SGK/HRm6CPI4CL s9vNtH4V0xzaJGG17ij0wBShS8AMwejLtHaz4kPuahJKMswZ4qWWrDDeMV6Xu+ZL Esv/YHfTII0apNYh98+u2c41iqA= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:reply-to:message-id:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=2X/6UbIU3dhvUFwfv+NNIf OpcuI=; b=xLvy9ibowCLUVjRPjNsvV6dMSFv5O249FVrflplSKi6OmtGikHrdG5 1WRfhSqCGvHb9FCfl2jSKnRyF2MvFvOqtpUcC/uU9KN0eEjf/NFg0j+5VJhPi/nm ziLa4940ERYZxnPLpFRvnprnmHIGwGyMySi6GDOW2AgCtIy0wB6tA= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=4.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: smtp.ht-systems.ru Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 16:12:11 +0300 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <97783140.20150922161211@yandex.ru> To: Paul , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: workflow idiom to compare zip/tgz with folder subtree In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Greetings, Paul! > I currently take snapshots of selected portions of a folder subtree using > zip files. Sometimes, I use command-line zip, but other times I'll use the > Windows Compressed Zip folder. I find myself frequently unzipping the > snapshots into temp folders just so that I can use the unix diff utility > (via cygwin) to see what the differences are with the live folder tree. Is > there a way to take regular snapshots that I can compare with the live > folder subtree without having to unpack it? I'm not married to zip. > However, tar doesn't quite do it. My vague recollection is that it will > check that the files in a tgz snapshot matches what is in the live folder > subtree, but it won't report what is in the live folder subtree which isn't > in the tgz snapshot. Git, Subversion... basically any sane VCS out there. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Tuesday, September 22, 2015 16:10:42 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