Directory Comparison software?

[Mike330R]

I am looking for some (prefer free) software that will compare 2 directories and tell me what is different in each dir or what files are missing.

Dir #1 has File 1,2,3,4,5
Dir #2 has File 1,2,3

I am looking for a program that will tell me dir 2 is missing files 4 and 5.

This will be used for dir's with hundreds of files in them.

Thanks!

 

[lucifiel]

Someone talented in applescript (or you) could probably do this with Automator.

I'm not that guy. But maybe google some self help guides?

Otherwise, good luck.

 

[psxguru]

You can use diff to do it eg

diff dir1 dir2

diff -r dir1 dir2 (if you want to recurse subdirectories as well)

diff dir1 dir2 > diff.txt (if you want to pipe results to a text file)

man diff for all the options

There are a few graphical diff tools out there as well.

IIRC the free editor Textwrangler has a built in diff tool that might be easier to use
http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/