Hi Karen
The problem arises out of using QEMU under Linux. If I mount the virtual
C: drive and copy files to it, the date/ time stamps of the files are
changed to the time that the copy took place. I depend on the date/ time
stamp to sort files. It is vital that I retain them. Copying files using
XCOPY, the FreeDos version, from the QEMU access drive D: to the C:
drive appears to almost work. Some file time stamps appear to change.
This is puzzling. I then tried XXCOPY; this appears to work correctly. I
would like to verify that the file date/ time stamps have not been
altered by the copy. I have a 32 bit command line utility program named
DIRCMP supplied by Noel Danjou. It also allows content and CRC
verification however this doesn't help in the 16 bit Dos world. A Corel
Corp. program XCOMPARE, almost does the job. It only shows file/
directory name and size differences. If the source code were available,
it could be easily modified. A work around might be to use an XXCOPY
option parameter based on file time stamp. eg. Perform another XXCOPY
after the first with a time sensitive copy option. I have a vague idea
that XXCOPY has the ability to show the copy action that will take place
without the copy actually taking place.
Ideally, file attributes should be retained, This is not critical.
John
On 2024/03/20 12:32, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Hi John,
Could You help us help you more by sharing a bit about your goals?
Are you wanting to compare directory to learn if all files were moved
from one place to another, as if doing a backup to a USB drive?
Are you wanting to check file attributes?
Are you wanting to compare the kind of information a tool shares about
directories?
Kare
On Wed, 20 Mar 2024, hms--- via Freedos-user wrote:
Does any know of a directory comparison program?
John
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