Recursive diff ( File compare ) script

sharathkv25 · 02-22-2007, 02:46 AM

Hi,

I wrote a small script to compare 2 same files in 2 different repositories(say build1 & build2).

This is my script

Code:

SRC_DIR=/home/otroot/sharath/SQLJ_Daemon
TARGET_DIR=/home/otroot/sharath/ICS

for i in `ll -R "$SRC_DIR" | awk '{print $9}'`
do
   if [ "$i" != "" ];
   then
       for j in `ll -R "$TARGET_DIR" | awk '{print $9}'`
       do
          if [ "$j" != "" ];
          then
              if [ "$i" = "$j" ];
              then
                   echo "Comparing files $i    $j"
                   diff -cw $i $j
               fi
          fi
       done
   fi
done

This is the output I am getting.

Code:

Comparing files DB    DB
Comparing files TPICS    TPICS
No differences encountered
Comparing files ics.fmx    ics.fmx
diff: input file ics.fmx: No such file or directory
Comparing files ICSDaemon.class    ICSDaemon.class
diff: input file ICSDaemon.class: No such file or directory
Comparing files ICSDaemon.java    ICSDaemon.java
diff: input file ICSDaemon.java: No such file or directory
Comparing files ICSDaemon.sqlj    ICSDaemon.sqlj
diff: input file ICSDaemon.sqlj: No such file or directory
Comparing files TPSession.class    TPSession.class
diff: input file TPSession.class: No such file or directory
Comparing files TPSession.java    TPSession.java
diff: input file TPSession.java: No such file or directory
Comparing files TPSession.sqlj    TPSession.sqlj
diff: input file TPSession.sqlj: No such file or directory
Comparing files TPSessionCxt.class    TPSessionCxt.class

Any idea why I am getting "diff: input file <filename>: No such file or directory" here?

zulfilee · 02-22-2007, 04:19 AM

You will be getting only the filename there , not the full patch with the directory.
So it says "Not able to find file"

Instead of
ll -R "$TARGET_DIR" | awk '{print $9}'

try

find "$TARGET_DIR" -type f

This should work

But the loop can be optimized a bit. :>

Nick_Battle · 02-22-2007, 04:23 AM

Yes, you need to use full pathnames, but... diff has an option to recursively diff two root directories doesn't it? Just diff dir1 dir2.

zulfilee · 02-22-2007, 04:30 AM

Yeah its

diff -r dir1 dir2

Thats a easier one

sharathkv25 · 02-22-2007, 05:23 AM

Hi,

I knew about "diff -r".However what if the directory structure has been reorganized between 2 builds?

Any easier method to compare the same file,but in 2 dissimilar directory structure?

Nick_Battle · 02-22-2007, 08:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sharathkv25

I knew about "diff -r".However what if the directory structure has been reorganized between 2 builds?

I think diff on dirs will only compare files of the same name if they're in the same subdirectory. If you know they've moved (and the names are unique in the tree) your method is reasonable, though it would be better driven by find(1) than ls -lR.