Guest Paul Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 Aside from DOS shell scripting, is there a method that is native to Windows 2000 to recursively compare two file trees?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 Re: recursive file tree comparison "Paul" <Paul.Domaskis@gmail.com> wrote in message news:5b38c29e-cb7f-4eef-b3a7-cc167f41876d@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > Aside from DOS shell scripting, is there a method that is native to > Windows 2000 to recursively compare two file trees? You could use batch files or VB Script files.
Guest Paul Posted May 28, 2008 Posted May 28, 2008 Re: recursive file tree comparison On May 28, 11:56 am, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com.oz> wrote: > "Paul" <Paul.Domas...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:5b38c29e-cb7f-4eef-b3a7-cc167f41876d@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > > > Aside from DOS shell scripting, is there a method that is native to > > Windows 2000 to recursively compare two file trees? > > You could use batch files or VB Script files. Thanks, Pegasus. I was hoping that there would be a way to do this without scripting, as that means it isn't within reach at the moment. However, I wasn't necessarily expecting that such a solution existed. Thanks for the heads up on that.
Guest Robbie Hatley Posted May 29, 2008 Posted May 29, 2008 Re: recursive file tree comparison "Paul" <Paul.Domaskis@gmail.com> wrote: > Aside from DOS shell scripting, is there a method > that is native to Windows 2000 to recursively compare > two file trees? No. Use Treecomp. "Pegasus" replied: > You could use batch files or VB Script files. EWWW! YUCK! No! Unnecessary to have to wrote a whole new program every time you want to compare 2 trees. Just use Treecomp. (Unless you mean you want some automated process, in which case just write the program you want in C or C++ or Perl or whatever.) Google "Treecomp". It's a free program and is available for download in multiple locations on the Internet. While you're at it, get "Windiff" too. Treecomp and Windiff are designed to dovetail nicely, so that if you double-click a file pair marked as differing in Treecomp, a composite, color-coded presentation of the two files and their differences pops up in Windiff. Like Treecomp, Windiff is free and widely available. -- Cheers, Robbie Hatley lonewolf aatt well dott com www dott well dott com slant user slant lonewolf slant
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted May 29, 2008 Posted May 29, 2008 Re: recursive file tree comparison "Robbie Hatley" <lonewolf@well.com> wrote in message news:fe2dnb_uMsAzaKDVnZ2dnUVZ_uednZ2d@giganews.com... > "Paul" <Paul.Domaskis@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Aside from DOS shell scripting, is there a method >> that is native to Windows 2000 to recursively compare >> two file trees? > > No. Use Treecomp. > > "Pegasus" replied: > >> You could use batch files or VB Script files. > > EWWW! YUCK! No! Unnecessary to have to wrote [write?] > a whole new program every time you want to compare 2 trees. While having a custom-made program such as Treecomp is preferable to writing one's own script, you appear to be unaware that a script well-written does not need to be rewritten for each occasion. It only needs to be re-invoked with parameters that match the current requirements.
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