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dircomp

Name

dircomp - A directory comparison tool

Synopsis

dircomp directory1 directory2 [-rvfh]

Description

dircomp is a program for evaluating wether two directories are equivalent.

Two directories are considered equivalent if and only if these conditions apply:

They have the same number of files and folders;
For each file in a directory, there is the same file in the other. Two files are considered to be the same if they have the same name, including extension, and same content.
For each folder in a directory, there is a folder with the same name in the other.

If the recursive option is applied, then another condition must hold true:

For each folder in a directory, there is an equivalent folder in the other, with the same name.

The options are as follows:

  -r             Recursive
  -v             Verbose
  -f             Fast. Halt as soon as the directories are found to be not equal             
  -h             Print this help and quit