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dircmp(1)						      General Commands Manual							 dircmp(1)

Name
       dircmp - directory comparison

Syntax
       dircmp [ -d ] [ -s ] [ -wn ] dir...

Description
       The  command  examines  dir1 and dir2 and generates 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  filenames
       common to both directories have the same contents.

       This command is supplied for X/OPEN compliance.	The same results are available from which produces results more quickly and effectively.

Options
       -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 agreement.  The list format is described in

       -s   Suppresses messages about identical files.

       -wn  Changes the width of the output line to n characters.  The default width is 72.

See Also
       cmp(1), diff(1).

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dircmp(1)						      General Commands Manual							 dircmp(1)

NAME
dircmp - directory comparison SYNOPSIS
n] dir1 dir2 DESCRIPTION
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. 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). Suppress messages about identical files. 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 is not specified in the environment or is set to the empty string, the value of is used as a default. If is not specified or is set to the empty string, a default of ``C'' (see lang(5)) is used instead of If any internationalization variable contains an invalid setting, 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. EXAMPLES
Compare the two directories and and produce a list of changes that would make the directories identical: WARNINGS
This command is likely to be withdrawn from X/Open standards. Applications using this command might not be portable to other vendors' sys- tems. As an alternative is recommended. SEE ALSO
cmp(1), diff(1). STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
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