How to compare two directories?

could ildg

I want to compare 2 directories,
and find If all of theire sub-folders and files and sub-files are identical..
If not the same, I want know which files or folders are not the same.
I know filecmp moudle has cmpfiles function and a class named dircmp,
they may help, but I wonder if there is a ready-to-use function in python libs?
If not, would somebody like to give me some propositions?

Thank you.

Jul 19 '05 #1

Michael Hoffman

could ildg wrote:

I want to compare 2 directories,
and find If all of theire sub-folders and files and sub-files are identical.
If not the same, I want know which files or folders are not the same.
I know filecmp moudle has cmpfiles function and a class named dircmp,
they may help, but I wonder if there is a ready-to-use function in python libs?

That's a good start. Why doesn't dircmp work for you?
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Michael Hoffman

Jul 19 '05 #2

could ildg

I found dircmp compare only the direct dirs and files,
and it will not do anything to the sub-directories.

On 6/29/05, Michael Hoffman <ca*******@mh391.invalid> wrote:

could ildg wrote:

I want to compare 2 directories,
and find If all of theire sub-folders and files and sub-files are identical.
If not the same, I want know which files or folders are not the same.
I know filecmp moudle has cmpfiles function and a class named dircmp,
they may help, but I wonder if there is a ready-to-use function in python libs?

That's a good start. Why doesn't dircmp work for you?
--
Michael Hoffman
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http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Jul 19 '05 #3

Michael Hoffman

could ildg wrote:

I found dircmp compare only the direct dirs and files,
and it will not do anything to the sub-directories.

The documentation for dircmp.report_full_closure() disagrees with you.
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Michael Hoffman

Jul 19 '05 #4

could ildg

Thank you~
I get it.

On 6/30/05, Michael Hoffman <ca*******@mh391.invalid> wrote:

could ildg wrote:

I found dircmp compare only the direct dirs and files,
and it will not do anything to the sub-directories.

The documentation for dircmp.report_full_closure() disagrees with you.
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Michael Hoffman
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Jul 19 '05 #5