On 12/01/2012 09:17, Fergus wrote: > Hello, > I want to compare the contents of two large directories whilst omitting > two subdirectories console5/ and console7/ common to both. But using any > combination of > diff -rq /d1 /d2 -x console > diff -rq /d1 /d2 -x console. > diff -rq /d1 /d2 -x "console./"
That's regex notation. Have you tried a glob pattern instead? cheers, DaveK -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple