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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Comparing two directories with diff Post 303028575 by stomp on Thursday 10th of January 2019 03:35:04 PM
Old 01-10-2019
Is it the goal to know if there are missing files, or to keep the files in sync?

For the latter, I recommend rsync, which copies only missing files.
 

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uusnaps(1M)															       uusnaps(1M)

NAME
uusnaps - sort and embellish uusnap output SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
The commands, including are targeted for removal from HP-UX; see the below. runs (see uusnap(1M)) and post-processes the output into a more useful form. It sorts output lines in ``Pareto-style'', showing first those remote systems with the greatest number of files, next files, and then files. inserts a after the number of files on those lines where is not equal to (2 x + This may be a sign of missing or orphaned transaction parts. Use to check (see uuls(1)). adds summary information after all output. The first line is a total of the numbers of and files. The second line contains a grand total number of transaction files, followed by the number of directory bytes this represents. This is an indication of the true size of the directory itself if all empty entries were squeezed out. Finally, if it appears that transaction files might be missing or orphaned, returns the number of missing or excess files. WARNINGS
Use of commands, including is discouraged because they are targeted for removal from HP-UX. Use ftp(1) or rcp(1) instead. assumes that each directory entry takes 24 bytes. SEE ALSO
uusnap(1M), uuls(1). TO BE OBSOLETED uusnaps(1M)
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