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 Organization: Ericsson Erisoft AB, Sweden Lines: 18 Message-ID: <77vj69$oap$1@antares.lu.erisoft.se> References: <77vf40$r7b$1 AT newsserver DOT rrzn DOT uni-hannover DOT de> NNTP-Posting-Host: juno.lu.erisoft.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com 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