dircomp
Name
dircomp - A directory comparison tool
Synopsis
dircomp directory1 directory2 [-rvfdh]
Description
dircomp is a program for evaluating whether two directories are equivalent.
Two directories are considered to be equivalent if and only if these conditions apply:
- They have the same number of files and folders;
- For each file in a directory, there is the same file in the other. Two files are considered to be the same if they have the same name, including extension, and same content;
- For each folder in a directory, there is a folder with the same name in the other.
If the recursive option is applied, then another condition must hold true:
- For each folder in a directory, there is an equivalent folder in the other, with the same name.
The options are as follows:
-r Recursive
-v Verbose
-f Fast. Halt as soon as the directories are found to be not equal
-d Comparison by digest
-h Print this help and quit