Hi,
On Sun, Jul 08 at 06:23, Andy Random wrote:
> I'm looking for a way to diff two directory structures, preferably from
> the command line and in particular I'd like to compare file permissions
> between the trees. Any suggestions on the best way to do this?
With Bash (needs the named pipe syntax) how about:
diff <(cd $DIR1 ; find . -print | sort | xargs ls -ld ) \
<(cd $DIR2 ; find . -print | sort | xargs ls -ld )
Fiddle with the ls format arguments depending on the metadata you wish
to compare.
--
Bob Dunlop
