how to compare folders recursively ?

[Keith Roberts]

On Thu, 6 Oct 2011, Thomas wrote:

> To: mc at gnome.org
> From: Thomas <gamoth at gmail.com>
> Subject: how to compare folders recursively ?
> 
> Hello,
>
> I'm a new french user of mc since some week. That's why my english is not
> good.
> I have a question that remains unanswered.
> I'd like to compare two directories but mc list the differences at the root
> of the two folders. Whereas I want to make it recursively !
> Mc allows it this type of compare ? If yes, how to make it ?
>
> Thank for your aid.

I use a program called kdiff3 for doing this.

http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/

It's designed for just this purpose, and I use it to 
compare directories, like after buring a data DVD/CD, 
comparing config files, and other things like that.

Kind Regards,

Keith Roberts

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