How to compare to directories?

[could.net@gmail.com]

I want to compare 2 directories: dir1 and dir2.
What I want to do is to get these informations:
1. does they have the same number of files and sub-directories?
2. does each file with the same name have the same size and date
information?

So, how can I do it in python?
Thank you!

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

Re: How to compare to directories?

In <1158127776.413 699.170750@e63g 2000cwd.googleg roups.com>, could.net
wrote:

I want to compare 2 directories: dir1 and dir2.
What I want to do is to get these informations:
1. does they have the same number of files and sub-directories?
2. does each file with the same name have the same size and date
information?

I think `os.listdir()` and the functions in `os.path` will be the tools
you need.

Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch

[Rob Wolfe]

Re: How to compare to directories?


could.net@gmail .com wrote:

I want to compare 2 directories: dir1 and dir2.
What I want to do is to get these informations:
1. does they have the same number of files and sub-directories?
2. does each file with the same name have the same size and date
information?
>
So, how can I do it in python?

Here is a nice example:

http://docs.python.org/lib/os-file-dir.html

Look for description of function walk.

HTH,
Rob

[Gabriel Genellina]

Re: How to compare to directories?

At Wednesday 13/9/2006 03:09, could.net@gmail .com wrote:

>I want to compare 2 directories: dir1 and dir2.
>What I want to do is to get these informations:
>1. does they have the same number of files and sub-directories?
>2. does each file with the same name have the same size and date
>information?

Look at filecmp.dircmp in the standard library


Gabriel Genellina
Softlab SRL





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