On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Seth R Arnold wrote: > On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 11:40:09PM -0500, rich wrote: > > > > That's a good suggestion - my question is: is there a linux utility to > > compare directories / files to see if they are the same? Seems like I've > > heard of one, but can't remember... > > $ apropos checksum > cksum (1) - checksum and count the bytes in a file > sum (1) - checksum and count the blocks in a file > $ apropos md5 > md5sum (1) - generates or checks MD5 message digests > debsums (1) - Check the md5sums of a package
diff file1 file2 or diff -r directory1 directory2 Tot ziens, Bart-Jan
