Windows 2000 recursive file tree comparison

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Aside from DOS shell scripting, is there a method that is native to
Windows 2000 to recursively compare two file trees?
 
"Paul" <Paul.Domaskis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Aside from DOS shell scripting, is there a method that is native to
> Windows 2000 to recursively compare two file trees?

You could use batch files or VB Script files.
 
On May 28, 11:56 am, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com.oz> wrote:
> "Paul" <Paul.Domas...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:5b38c29e-cb7f-4eef-b3a7-cc167f41876d@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Aside from DOS shell scripting, is there a method that is native to
> > Windows 2000  to recursively compare two file trees?
>
> You could use batch files or VB Script files.

Thanks, Pegasus. I was hoping that there would be a way to do this
without scripting, as that means it isn't within reach at the moment.
However, I wasn't necessarily expecting that such a solution existed.
Thanks for the heads up on that.
 
"Paul" <Paul.Domaskis@gmail.com> wrote:

> Aside from DOS shell scripting, is there a method
> that is native to Windows 2000 to recursively compare
> two file trees?

No. Use Treecomp.

"Pegasus" replied:

> You could use batch files or VB Script files.

EWWW! YUCK! No! Unnecessary to have to wrote a whole new
program every time you want to compare 2 trees. Just use
Treecomp. (Unless you mean you want some automated process,
in which case just write the program you want in C or C++
or Perl or whatever.)

Google "Treecomp". It's a free program and is available
for download in multiple locations on the Internet.

While you're at it, get "Windiff" too. Treecomp and Windiff
are designed to dovetail nicely, so that if you double-click
a file pair marked as differing in Treecomp, a composite,
color-coded presentation of the two files and their
differences pops up in Windiff. Like Treecomp, Windiff
is free and widely available.

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"Robbie Hatley" <lonewolf@well.com> wrote in message
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> "Paul" <Paul.Domaskis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Aside from DOS shell scripting, is there a method
>> that is native to Windows 2000 to recursively compare
>> two file trees?
>
> No. Use Treecomp.
>
> "Pegasus" replied:
>
>> You could use batch files or VB Script files.
>
> EWWW! YUCK! No! Unnecessary to have to wrote [write?]
> a whole new program every time you want to compare 2 trees.

While having a custom-made program such as Treecomp is
preferable to writing one's own script, you appear to be
unaware that a script well-written does not need to be rewritten
for each occasion. It only needs to be re-invoked with parameters
that match the current requirements.
 
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