Re: comparing two directory structures

[Ehud Karni]

On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 12:21:40, Gabor Szabo wrote:
>
> I guess there is an obvious command for this, I just don't know it.
>
> How can I compare two directory structures if the content is the same
> *disregarding*
> actual file content, or comparing that only if the file names and
> sizes are the same?
>
> As I understand diff -r  would do it but it would also compare files
> line by line.

I had the same problem, so I patched diff to do it.

I added 2 switches -Z: compare by siZe only,
   -M: different Modification time is a difference.

For a full description with the patches see:
http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-diffut...@gnu.org/msg00023.html

> As these are images and movies, I don't want to compare them line by
> line or event byte by byte.

Seems very common these days.

Ehud.


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Re: comparing two directory structures

[Tom Goren]

I like the rsync solution - it is what I was going to suggest.


On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Ehud Karni  wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 12:21:40, Gabor Szabo wrote:
> >
> > I guess there is an obvious command for this, I just don't know it.
> >
> > How can I compare two directory structures if the content is the same
> > *disregarding*
> > actual file content, or comparing that only if the file names and
> > sizes are the same?
> >
> > As I understand diff -r  would do it but it would also compare files
> > line by line.
>
> I had the same problem, so I patched diff to do it.
>
> I added 2 switches -Z: compare by siZe only,
>   -M: different Modification time is a difference.
>
> For a full description with the patches see:
>http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-diffut...@gnu.org/msg00023.html
>
> > As these are images and movies, I don't want to compare them line by
> > line or event byte by byte.
>
> Seems very common these days.
>
> Ehud.
>
>
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Re: comparing two directory structures

[Gabor Szabo]

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Ehud Karni  wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 12:21:40, Gabor Szabo wrote:
>>
>> I guess there is an obvious command for this, I just don't know it.
>>
>> How can I compare two directory structures if the content is the same
>> *disregarding*
>> actual file content, or comparing that only if the file names and
>> sizes are the same?
>>
>> As I understand diff -r  would do it but it would also compare files
>> line by line.
>
> I had the same problem, so I patched diff to do it.
>
> I added 2 switches -Z: compare by siZe only,
>                   -M: different Modification time is a difference.
>
> For a full description with the patches see:
>    http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-diffut...@gnu.org/msg00023.html
>
>> As these are images and movies, I don't want to compare them line by
>> line or event byte by byte.
>
> Seems very common these days.
>

Very nice.
I could not find it out from the archive, has it been accepted?

Gabor

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