[CentOS] Directory Compare

[Les Mikesell]

Joseph L. Casale wrote:
> I need to verify some directories of backed up data versus restored data. What would you recommend as the type of comparison to do, and which tool would give the easiest/most usable output?
> 

Diff works if they are on the same machine.  On different machines you can:
rsync -avn -essh local-dir user at remote_host:/path/above_dir

The -a option says to recurse and take all possible attributes, -v says 
show the file names, and -n says don't actually do it (be careful not to 
omit that..).  This will give you a list of filenames that have some 
difference between local_dir and the remote copy.  If you add a --delete 
it will also show anything that exists in the remote but not the local 
side (and be especially careful not to omit the -n in this case).

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   Les Mikesell
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