On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 03:34:54PM +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2013-01-28 at 15:32 +0100, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 06:16:16AM -0600, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 11:49:29 +0000, > > > Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >Dear All, > > > > > > > >Could you please advise me on a tool to compare two directories? That > > > >is a tool able to identify the files of the first directory that are > > > >missing in the second one? > > > > > > You can use diff -r to recursively compare directories. > > > > I use this instead: > > > > $ rsync -rvnc --delete <olddir> <newdir> > > AFAIK --delete flags files from the target which are not present in the > source, which is the reverse of what the OP is asking for, so maybe the > two directories should be inverted. > Yes, I think you are correct. Thanks for correcting me. :) -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
