Diff between files and directories

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dtoubelis
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Diff between files and directories

These are few suggestions:

- using diff on individual files when comparing directories vs. just size and timestamp of individual files.

- using diff to compare individual files;

- using external diff program to compare individual files;

I use WinSCP to keep a couple of remote software installations in sync and finding differences with minimum "false positives" would be extremelly helpfull.

-Dmitri

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Re: Diff between files and directories

dtoubelis wrote:

- using diff on individual files when comparing directories vs. just size and timestamp of individual files.
What for?

- using diff to compare individual files;
- using external diff program to compare individual files;
See example custom command 'File Compare' to learn how to use external diff program with WinSCP.

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