On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:18 AM, linux guy <linuxguy123(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Speaking of which, what is a good way to compare the files in two
directories (recursively, of course) to ensure that they are exactly the
same ?
Something like diff for files ?
As opposed to diff for non files? :) I think you mean non text files?
Diff will operate on binary files, but it will only say if it differs
instead of outputting diff text.
Just do a recursive diff, the -q will keep it quiet on text files as
well and only say that it differs.
diff -qr <dir1> <dir2>
If there's any output then somethings not the same.
Richard