[CentOS] compare directories

Thu Oct 23 12:45:17 UTC 2008
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>

David Hlác(ik wrote:
> Hello guys,
> 
> I have two mirrors. I need to compare files and directories on both mirrors
> and as a result print list of those which are missing on mirror 2
> 
> What i did
> 
> find /data > find.mirror1
> 
> find /data > find.mirror2
> 
> Now i need to get list of those directories which are missing in mirror1.

You can run diff with the two files, but why not just use rsync to fix 
it in a single step?

To compare directories with rsync, cd into one of them and:
rsync -avn .  /target/path
The -n option says to not actually copy files, but with the -v option 
this will list the files that are missing or different.  Because the -a 
option also sets the owner and modes, this may list files where those 
are the only differences.  Omit the -n option to make the changes.

The target path may be on a different host if you use the form 
user at host:/path/to/target.  With older versions of rsync you might have 
to add -essh to the arguments but that is the default now.  If you would 
like any extra files in the target copy to be deleted, you can add the 
--delete option, but be sure you know  what you are doing first.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com