dircmp(1)
NAME
dircmp - directory comparison
SYNOPSIS
dircmp [-ds] [-w n] dir1 dir2
DESCRIPTION
The dircmp command examines dir1 and dir2 and generates
various tabulated information about the contents of the
directories. Listings of files that are unique to each
directory are generated for all the options. If no option is
entered, a list is output indicating whether the file names
common to both directories have the same contents.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
- d Compares 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 agree-
ment. The list format is described in diff(1).
-s Suppresses messages about identical files.
-w n Changes the width of the output line to n characters.
The default width is 72.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
dir1
dir2 A path name of a directory to be compared.
USAGE
See largefile(5) for the description of the behavior of
dircmp when encountering files greater than or equal to 2
Gbyte ( 2**31bytes).
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment
variables that affect the execution of dircmp: LC_COLLATE,
LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred. (Differences in directory contents
are not considered errors.)
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
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| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
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| Availability | SUNWesu |
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SEE ALSO
cmp(1), diff(1), attributes(5), environ(5), largefile(5)
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