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Old 02-27-2013
Tar command to compare
Hi,

I need to compare two directories and I'm using the command tar -dvf directory.tar in the directory on other machine.

I saw in the result, message like Uid, Gid, Mod time differs, etc... and it is understandable
Code:
etc/group: Uid differs
etc/group: Gid differs
etc/rc2.d/K01nrpe: Mod time differs
etc/svc/volatile/system-hotplug\:default.log: Contents differ
[...]

BUT what's means when nothing message appear? I means when only file appears whitout message? here are an example :
Code:
/etc/sysdef
/etc/rc3
/etc/swap
/etc/inittab
etc/inittab: Uid differs
etc/inittab: Gid differs
etc/inittab: Mod time differs
etc/inittab: Size differs
[...]
/etc/fs/
/etc/fs/nfs/
[...]
/etc/umountall
/etc/minor_perm

What means this? Files are OK on both side? or these files are not present on one side?

Thanks for your help!
# 2  
Old 02-27-2013
Hi.

The page GNU tar 1.26 contains a brief example of GNU tar using "-d".

Best wishes ... cheers, drl
# 3  
Old 02-27-2013
Hi,

Thank you for the links... it's helpful

Best regards
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