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From: Parv <parv@pair.com>
To: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net>
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Subject: Re: Directory and file comparison tool for X?
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in message <20060609122931.15984448@localhost>,
wrote Norberto Meijome thusly...
>
> I'm looking for a tool that will allow me to compare directories
> (recursively) showing what files are different,etc. meld (
> textproc/meld ) can do this to some extent, showing missing
> files,etc, but not showing what files are different withoug having
> to open each file and do a diff.

People mentioned diff & rsync, among other things.  Nobody mentioned
one named unison, which is similar & different to workings of rsync.


  - Parv

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