DIRCMP(1) User Commands DIRCMP(1)
dircmp - directory comparison
dircmp [-ds] [-w n] dir1 dir2
The dircmp command examines dir1 and dir2 and generates various
tabulated information about the contents of the directories. Listings
of files that are unique to each directory are generated for all the
options. If no option is entered, a list is output indicating
whether the file names common to both directories have the same
contents.
The following options are supported:
-d
Compares the contents of files with the same name in both
directories and output a list telling what must be changed in
the two files to bring them into agreement. The list format
is described in diff(1).
-s
Suppresses messages about identical files.
-w n
Changes the width of the output line to n characters. The
default width is 72.
The following operands are supported:
dir1
dir2
A path name of a directory to be compared.
See largefile(7) for the description of the behavior of dircmp when
encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2^31 bytes).
See environ(7) for descriptions of the following environment
variables that affect the execution of dircmp: LC_COLLATE, LC_CTYPE,
LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.
The following exit values are returned:
0
Successful completion.
>0
An error occurred. (Differences in directory contents are not
considered errors.)
cmp(1), diff(1), attributes(7), environ(7), largefile(7)
February 1, 1995 DIRCMP(1)
NAME
dircmp - directory comparison
SYNOPSIS
dircmp [-ds] [-w n] dir1 dir2
DESCRIPTION
The dircmp command examines dir1 and dir2 and generates various
tabulated information about the contents of the directories. Listings
of files that are unique to each directory are generated for all the
options. If no option is entered, a list is output indicating
whether the file names common to both directories have the same
contents.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-d
Compares the contents of files with the same name in both
directories and output a list telling what must be changed in
the two files to bring them into agreement. The list format
is described in diff(1).
-s
Suppresses messages about identical files.
-w n
Changes the width of the output line to n characters. The
default width is 72.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
dir1
dir2
A path name of a directory to be compared.
USAGE
See largefile(7) for the description of the behavior of dircmp when
encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2^31 bytes).
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(7) for descriptions of the following environment
variables that affect the execution of dircmp: LC_COLLATE, LC_CTYPE,
LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0
Successful completion.
>0
An error occurred. (Differences in directory contents are not
considered errors.)
SEE ALSO
cmp(1), diff(1), attributes(7), environ(7), largefile(7)
February 1, 1995 DIRCMP(1)