X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to djgpp-bounces using -f From: AndrewC Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Tool to compare directory trees? Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:45:13 +1100 Message-ID: References: <20060103212821 DOT 92194 DOT qmail AT web50707 DOT mail DOT yahoo DOT com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.0/32.763 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 24 NNTP-Posting-Host: 220.233.169.234 X-Trace: 1136454319 un-2park-reader-01.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au 1045 220.233.169.234:1844 X-Complaints-To: Abuse, including message IDs to abuse AT pipenetworks DOT com To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com >I'm looking for a tool that will allow me to specify two >directories, and then report differences between the two trees >(i.e. a file that exists in one tree but not the other), as well >as differences between files that exist in both trees (I don't >need it to show the differences, just to report that the files >are different). The goal is to identify duplicated directory >trees so that they can be eliminated. > >Does anyone have a recommendation of a DJGPP tool that can do >the above? (Or even non-DJGPP...) If you are using Windows then have a look at WinMerge at the following URL: www.winmerge.sourceforge.net It works very well and is open source. This sourceforge project has been very well supported for the last 12+ months and I if you do want to use windows then give this a go, but be aware that it is not a command line tool. I have been using the dev versions for over 6+ months and they allow me to compare and merge code very quickly as well as produce reports quickly. Andrew