comparing directories

[Ed Wilts]

On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 09:54:07AM -0500, Steve Buehler wrote:
> Is there a script or program that can compare directories and report the 
> differences.  It would have to work recursively.  For some reason when I am 
> using rsync to mirror a NFS drive, the "df" information is off by about 15 
> gigs afterwards.

You may be interested in a bi-directional directory synchronizer.  Have
a look at Unison (http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/).  I've not
used it, but it's on my list of things to investigate.

Some google searching led me to these directory comparison tools:
http://xxdiff.sourceforge.net/
http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/

There are probably others, but these should get you started.

        .../Ed
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