[PLUG] Comparing files

[Russell Senior]

>>>>> "Dan" ==   <Daniel.Roberts at sanofi-aventis.com> writes:

Dan> Hello All I have copied thousands of files from one windows
Dan> fileshare onto another windows fileshare.  How can I easily
Dan> verify that the file copy is correct?  I intentionally changed
Dan> the directory structure between the source and the destination.
Dan> I am trying to use md5sum on recursively through every file in
Dan> every directory between the two fileshares and then I would
Dan> compare the sums in a small database.

Dan> Question is: How do I get md5sums recursively through a directory
Dan> structure for ever file using cygwin installed on my laptop?
Dan> Thanks for any help!  Dan

Something like:

  cd /top/of/tree1
  find -type f | xargs md5sum | sort > /tmp/tree1.md5sums
  cd /top/of/tree2
  find -type f | xargs md5sum | sort > /tmp/tree2.md5sums

  diff -u /tmp/tree1.md5sums /tmp/tree2.md5sums

perhaps?


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