display differences between files in different servers

[Rilawich Ango]

Hi,
  As I know, command diff can use to find the differences between
files in the same server.  Is it possible to compare files in
different servers?
ango

[Tim]

On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 10:22 +0800, Rilawich Ango wrote:
> As I know, command diff can use to find the differences between
> files in the same server.  Is it possible to compare files in
> different servers?

Should be able to.  I've done it when the remote server export has been
mounted locally.

[Les Mikesell]

Tim wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 10:22 +0800, Rilawich Ango wrote:
> > As I know, command diff can use to find the differences between
> > files in the same server.  Is it possible to compare files in
> > different servers?
>
> Should be able to.  I've done it when the remote server export has been
> mounted locally.

If you just want the names of files with differences you can use rsync 
with the -v and -n options to show which files it would transfer without 
actually doing it (but the differences might be in ownership or 
permissions).   If you want to see the test of the differences you'll 
have to use nfs or samba to network-mount the filesystem for the comparison.