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Old 02-01-2009, 05:23 PM   #1
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comparing contents of folders


What's the quickest way, and/or a good program, for comparing the contents of folders to see if they are the same? I know of diff and kompare, but as far as I can tell, they are for comparing the contents of files, and that's not the same thing.
 
Old 02-01-2009, 09:24 PM   #2
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Old 02-01-2009, 09:44 PM   #3
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Thanks, that's what I needed.
 
  


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