[Win] Compare files between two directories (and subdir)

I have written this script because I am maintaining a little set of Perl libraries and tools at work, and I'm modifying the installed files on my PC. To avoid erasing it with old versions from CVS, I have the CVS repository elsewhere, and this little script is giving me which file is different from the repository in my current installation

I know the code is not error proof, but it does the work, and it's all I need

use strict;
use File::Path;
use File::Find;

my $repodir='D:\Documents\Works\Perl\Perl tools\repository\amaPerl';
my $instdir='D:\AmaPerl';


my %options;
$options{'wanted'}=\&compare_files;
$options{'no_chdir'}=1;
find(\%options,  ($repodir));

exit(0);

sub compare_files
{
    return if($_ eq '.' || $_ eq '..' || $File::Find::dir =~ /CVS/);
    if(-f $File::Find::name) {
        my $file=substr($File::Find::name,length($repodir)+1);
        my $other_file=$instdir."\\".$file;
        if(! -f $other_file) {
            print "$file not found installed...\n";
        } else {
            system("diff -q \"$File::Find::name\" \"$other_file\" > NU
+L");
            if($?) {
                print "$file is different\n";
            }
        }
    }
}
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Re: [Win] Compare files between two directories (and subdir) by Arunbear (Prior) on Apr 09, 2008 at 09:11 UTC
`system("diff -q \"$File::Find::name\" \"$other_file\" > NU +L"); if($?) { print "$file is different\n"; }` [download] could be simplified to `if(qx/diff -q "$File::Find::name" "$other_file"/) { print "$file is different\n"; }` [download] Update: Added quotes around file name variables to handle file names with spaces in them (thanks ikegami).	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: [Win] Compare files between two directories (and subdir) by Muggins (Pilgrim) on Apr 11, 2008 at 12:46 UTC
Hmm I had a very little thing that uses Text::Diff and File::Dircmp (which I think does what you want) to do a good compare of two directories. You can do a compare, a Text::Diff::diff, or a UNIX-ilke diff on the files from it. Is this the sort of thing you mean? Will find it and put in my scratchpad...(wanders off)	[reply]
Re^2: [Win] Compare files between two directories (and subdir) by jeepj (Scribe) on Apr 14, 2008 at 08:28 UTC
Exactly ! The only thing is that only files from the cvs dir are of interest, any additional file in my other directory are just tests and temp scripts. If you find it, I'm interested. I write this thing quickly, just to do the job, but I would be glad to see another solution.	[reply]
Re: [Win] Compare files between two directories (and subdir) by Anonymous Monk on Apr 11, 2008 at 15:38 UTC
Is there any reason 'cvs diff' doesn't work?	[reply]
Re^2: [Win] Compare files between two directories (and subdir) by jeepj (Scribe) on Apr 14, 2008 at 08:36 UTC
No, it's not what I wanted. I have a working directory when I test new things and modifications, and I have my CVS dir, where I prepare what is to be committed to CVS. I just have this script to check that I didn't forget any modifications for CVS check-in.	[reply]