Re^2: A directory diff

Did you see the remark about not using unix? I'm not so lucky as you. On the other hand I have planned on adding some mechanism to allow wild card extensions and perhaps something to differentiate date and size---I didn't need it when I wrote it, but it seems like a good idea!

--hsm

"Never try to teach a pig to sing...it wastes your time and it annoys the pig."

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Re^3: A directory diff by belg4mit (Prior) on Aug 26, 2004 at 13:23 UTC
I did not see it. There are file attributes in win32 land that you could compare, and stat still does filesize, etc. Finally, I'd probably used Digest::MD5 if I were to rewrite this (which would work in win32). So, while you might not be able to simply download and use this (well, you probably could under cygwin -- which you should have if you enevy those with access to *nix) it was mostly intended to show that there's more to directories than filenames. `-- I'm not belgian but I play one on TV.`	[reply]
Re^4: A directory diff by hsmyers (Canon) on Aug 26, 2004 at 13:31 UTC
Good points all! I particularly like the idea of using Digest::MD5. The cool thing about writing utilities is that they are never done and someone always has a better idea to add to the mix. Thanks for yours---coming soon in an update near you. --hsm "Never try to teach a pig to sing...it wastes your time and it annoys the pig."	[reply]