dircmp(1)
NAME
dircmp − directory comparison
SYNOPSIS
dircmp [-d] [-s] [-w n] dir1 dir2
DESCRIPTION
dircmp examines dir1 and dir2 and generates various tabulated information about the contents of the directories. Sorted listings of files that are unique to each directory are generated for all the options. If no option is entered, a sorted list is output indicating whether the filenames common to both directories have the same contents.
-d Compare the contents of files with the same name in both directories and output a list telling what must be changed in the two files to bring them into agreement. The list format is described in diff(1).
-s Suppress messages about identical files.
-wn Change the width of the output line to n characters. The default width is 72.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Environment Variables
LC_COLLATE determines the order in which the output is sorted.
If LC_COLLATE is not specified in the environment or is set to the empty string, the value of LANG is used as a default. If LANG is not specified or is set to the empty string, a default of “C” (see lang(5)) is used instead of LANG. If any internationalization variable contains an invalid setting, dircmp behaves as if all internationalization variables are set to “C” (see environ(5)).
International Code Set Support
Single- and multi-byte character code sets are supported with the exception that multi-byte character file names are not supported.
EXAMPLES
Compare the two directories slate and sleet and produce a list of changes that would make the directories identical:
dircmp -d slate sleet
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
dircmp: SVID2, XPG2, XPG3
Hewlett-Packard Company — HP-UX Release 9.0: August 1992