Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:24:51 -0400 From: Rob <bitabyss@gmail.com> To: stevefranks@ieee.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cp --verify? Message-ID: <4724D3F3.3040902@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <539c60b90710281017r4db40821s358b67049ee7b063@mail.gmail.com> References: <539c60b90710281017r4db40821s358b67049ee7b063@mail.gmail.com>
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Steve Franks wrote: > I don't see a --verify switch on cp, so I presume it does not. Is > there an automated way to ensure a copy has gone well byte-for-byte > without writing a script to filter diff? I want to be relatively sure If you use the diff command and specify directories, it will compare the contents of each, as well as comparing all the files byte for byte. Check "man diff" -- there should also be an option to check down through any subdirectories as well. -Rob
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