Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 09:36:53 -0500 From: "Shaun T. Erickson" <ste@smxy.org> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: dircmp? Message-ID: <40683485.4040808@smxy.org> In-Reply-To: <20040329070552.GB19463@dan.emsphone.com> References: <40677BBF.3060504@smxy.org> <20040329020508.GA8032@xor.obsecurity.org> <20040329070552.GB19463@dan.emsphone.com>
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Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Mar 28), Kris Kennaway said: > >>On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 08:28:31PM -0500, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: >> >>>Is there a dircmp command for 5.2.1-RELEASE-p3? I can't find one ... >> >>Not in the base system. Maybe it's available in a port with a >>different name. What does it do? > > > It compares two directory trees and tells you which files exist in one > or both, and tells you which files are the same in both. SUSv2 > deprecated it and recommended people use "diff -r" instead. SUSv3 > doesn't mention it at all. I tried diff -r and didn't really like it at all. The output isn't anywhere near as nice as dircmp's. > Shaun: if you have access to a Tru64 or Solaris system, you can use > their dircmp commands, since they are shell scripts. Unfortunately, I don't, or I'd lift a copy. :) -ste
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