Comparing the Two Folders

[Virumandi]

Hi

Anybosy tell me how can I compare all the files and subdirectories in my one folder with the other..

Regards
Suseendran .A

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

See the manpages for 'dircmp'.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
depoending on what output format you are after, you can also use diff.
See "man diff"

[Steve Post · Accepted solution]

dircmp -s /dir1 /dir2 > hold
vi hold

The -s ommits stuff that's the same.

dircmp -d /dir1 /dir2 > a_big_file
vi a_big_file

The -d gives diff commands on each and every file with the same name but different contents.

If this just happens to be a Windoze PC, there's a nice utility out there called "Beyond-Compare".