Re: Script to compare 2 folders, including sub folders and files with content

Hi karthik.raju,

Have a look at the "matches" option in File::DirCompare. For example, adding this option to your script works for me: matches => sub { print "File contents $_[0] and $_[1] are identical.\n" }

By the way, as the File::DirCompare documentation mentions, your script is essentially doing the same thing as diff: diff --recursive --brief --report-identical-files (or diff -rqs)

Hope this helps,
-- Hauke D

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Re^2: Script to compare 2 folders, including sub folders and files with content by karthik.raju (Acolyte) on Jul 04, 2016 at 07:19 UTC
Hi Hauke, Thanks for your reply and i've tried with your answer `matches => sub { print "File contents $_[0] and $_[1] are identical.\n" }` but since i'm new to Subroutines so cant able to fit this in right place. since i'm getting error like "Not a subroutine: 'matches'". Can please give the correct place that where and how i need to call this.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Script to compare 2 folders, including sub folders and files with content by haukex (Archbishop) on Jul 04, 2016 at 07:30 UTC
Hi karthik.raju, I suggest you re-read the documentation of File::DirCompare closely, as it gives examples of the correct syntax with which to supply options: they are supplied as a hash reference (`{ matches => ... }`) as the last argument to the `compare` function. If you still have trouble please see How do I post a question effectively? and show the exact error messages and the code needed to reproduce them. Regards, -- Hauke D	[reply] [d/l] [select]