thanks for the responses! diff -r will do it for me.
cheers, leo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 2:02 PM Subject: Re: dircmp for cygwin? > On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 08:23:26PM -0600, Bobby McNulty Junior <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Google it. You might find it, if it's there. > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > > Of leo > > Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 7:36 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: dircmp for cygwin? > > > > however i couldn't find dircmp in the collection of tools. is there a dircmp > > implementation for cygwin? > > Archaeological notes: > dircmp was listed as legacy in the susv2 standard and removed in susv3 > (in deference to diff -r). Rationale: > > Although a useful concept, the historical output of this directory > comparison program is not suitable for processing in application > programs. Also, the diff -r command gives equivalent functionality. > > Of course, tar was also removed in susv3, in deference to pax. You've > all heard of pax, right? > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
