***Okay this is the situation:
I have a main directory "tree" which has similar directories "branch" from
the trunk but links back to other branches or the main tree.
I want to know what files are different between two branches or a branch and
the tree.
***What I have so far:
I have written a perlscript to do this already, but I want to make it
"smarter" and faster.
I am using File::Find to recurse the first tree.
Foreach file:
stat file for device number, and inode number ($dev1, $inode1)
it checks if a file by the same name/path exists in the second tree
(using -f $file)
If it exists...
stat second file (using stat _ since I did a -f on it already) for
device number, and inode number ($dev2, $inode2)
if $dev1 != $dev2 and $inode1 != $inode2
do a qx/diff -h -w $file1 and $file2/ and if something is
returned there is a difference.
else one or both files are linked to the same file so no difference.
If it doesn't exist...
oh well store missing files in an array print later.
Recurse second tree just looking for files that are missing from the first
tree.
***Questions:
Good algorithm? or is there something better? you can just correct above.
Is there a way just to look for diff (ignoring whitespace) in the file
better than using qx/diff -w -h/?
Nikola Janceski
I feel like an outsider... on the inside.
-- Nicky J. from da' Bronx
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