recursive file tree comparison

[Guest Paul]

Aside from DOS shell scripting, is there a method that is native to

Windows 2000 to recursively compare two file trees?

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: recursive file tree comparison

 

 

"Paul" <Paul.Domaskis@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> 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]

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]

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.

 

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[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: recursive file tree comparison

 

 

"Robbie Hatley" <lonewolf@well.com> wrote in message

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> "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.