[CVALE] Comapring a directory tree on Linux...

[Jason Roysdon]

Landon,

diff works on directories as well, and with the -r option it'll recurse 
subdirectories.  With FC5/FC6 this is in the diffutils RPM.  It is part 
of a default install and is a pretty standard UNIX utility.
-- 
Jason Roysdon
http://jason.roysdon.net/



Landon Blake wrote:
> CValers,
> 
>  
> 
> I’m hoping you Linux programming guru’s can help me out with this one.
> 
>  
> 
> I’m trying to compare a version of a fork of an open source program that 
> I work on with a version of the original. Specifically, I want to 
> determine which folders and files exist in the directory structure for 
> the source code of the fork, but not in the original.
> 
>  
> 
> I was about to download a virus-ridden shareware utility for MS Windows 
> to do this, but then I realized Linux probably already had what I 
> needed. Is there a tool that will do what I desire?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  
> 
> Landon
> 
>  
> 
> P.S. – OpenSuSE wouldn’t install on my home computer’s hardware, so I 
> decided to try dual-booting Debian with Fedora 6. I have burned the DVD 
> for Fedora, and I might get to do the install tonight. I ended up 
> deleting my home partition with the qtparted, and splitting some of the 
> home partition out for Fedora, and then resinstalling my home partition 
> from the back-up. This seemed to work O.K. I’ll let you guys know how 
> the Fedora install goes.
>