in reply to Re^3: Finding out whether two directories are the same (insert)
in thread Finding out whether two directories are the same

rovf++ - this may well be the most portable idea of all. There is a very small chance of failure in weird setups like AFS, in which synchronization between the exported and the local dir may happen days apart, but that's a real stretch. 


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