On Apr 27, 12:31 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Apr 26, 1:14 pm, "Rustom Mody" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Over years Ive collected tgz's of my directories. I would like to diff > > and uniq them > > > Now I guess it would be quite simple to write a script that does a > > walk or find through a pair of directory trees, makes a SHA1 of each > > file and then sorts out the files whose SHA1s are the same/different. > > What is more difficult for me to do is to write a visual/gui tool to > > help me do this. > > > I would guess that someone in the python world must have already done > > it [The alternative is to use some of the tools that come with version > > control systems like git. But if I knew more about that option I would > > not be stuck with tgzs in the first place ;-)] > > > So if there is such software known please let me know. > > > PS Also with the spam flood that has hit the python list I dont know > > if this mail is being read at all or Ive fallen off the list! > > I don't want to give you advice; there is profit in diversity, so > telling you what I use could negatively unify the diverse group. > > In another language I know, and I pause to defer to the old and wise > on that, Visual Basic (known to make money), certain counterparts like > Visual Basic for Applications allow construction of scripts in the > owner's other suites. That is, you can write Basic snippets in Excel, > Access, and so on. That's one benefit that private ownership leaves, > but not everyone is sold on my country's currency/localcy. Perhaps > it's in the future of version control systems. Of course, > standardization of sufficiency to succeed comes from currency too: > success isn't success if it isn't current, per se. > > Do you have any interest in contributing your mind or hands to > developing a solid gui framework? Join a team.
If this is an answer to my question I dont understand it! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list