cmp doesn't recurse, though, at least as far as I can tell. In theory, I could use find, then cmp, plus some scripting, but seems simpler to just write a small C program to do it.
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] <bbuchbin...@niaid.nih.gov> wrote: > Kenneth Chiu sent the following at Monday, October 26, 2009 2:29 PM >> >>Considering that I only want to know whether or not two files differ, >>this should not require any significant memory usage. (In other words, >>don't use mmap().) > > If you only want to know whether or not they are identical, use cmp. > > - Barry > > "Get the right tool for the right job." > > Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID. > > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
