Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:39:45 -0500 From: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> To: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> Cc: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: utility to compare 2 dir trees Message-ID: <50E24C71.5090104@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <50E24558.8040501@a1poweruser.com> References: <50E23A95.80907@a1poweruser.com> <CA%2BtpaK0xOAtUjBGc_SH4r1qkX3V5F28CbrYCMWFyqZLh4KqniA@mail.gmail.com> <50E23FC3.5060204@a1poweruser.com> <20130101085355.4e4767c2@X220.ovitrap.com> <50E24558.8040501@a1poweruser.com>
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Fbsd8 wrote: > Erich Dollansky wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:45:39 -0500 >> Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> wrote: >> >>> Adam Vande More wrote: >>>> On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 7:23 PM, Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I want to compare 2 different directory trees to each other to >>>>> locate any differences in directories and files contained there in. >>>>> >>>>> Any suggestions? >>>>> >>>> mtree(8) >>>> >>> >>> From the man page I don't see how to code mtree to compare 2 >>> different directory trees against each other. >> >> you can compare a directory tree which is rooted in your current >> directory and a specified one. >> >> From man: >> >> The mtree utility compares the file hierarchy rooted in the current >> directory against a specification read from the standard input. >> Messages are written to the standard output for any files whose >> characteristics do not match the specifications, or which are missing >> from either the file hierarchy or the specification. >> >> Erich >> > > > So > cd dir-tree1 > mtree -p dir-tree2 > > Do I understand you correctly? > ended up trying cd dir-tree1 mtree -c | mtree -p dir-tree2 Now this seems like it worked, except every thing was flagged for non-matching modification time. How do I tell it to not check modification time?
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