Topic: Compare Directories; Find Which Files Are Different

OK, so I received such a great solution to my last problem, that I thought I'd ride the wave and present my next one.

I created a dev version of my site where I could make some updates that I then planned to incorporate into my live site. Unfortunately, I did a dumb thing and got sick, and forgot what changes I made by the time I got back to them.

So, what I need to do is compare the directories recursively (we're talking Linux here) and find out which files are different. I can't just go by date since some of the files on the live site have changed, as well. I need to find out which files are actually different by content.

BTW, I know how to use diff to create a patch file, which I plan to use once I've discovered which of the files have changed, but first I need to find those files.

Hi Wes,
Use
> diff -r <directory-1> <directory-2> | more

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-- not necessarily stoned... just beautiful.

or learn to use one of the distributed version control systems such as mercurial - they're worth their code in gold, sometimes.

I've started experimenting with DropBox. It's ideal for syncing files from multiple locations and it allows you to restore older files. So has it's own version of version control.
It also only sends the changes to files, so is efficient on bandwidth. Oh, and 2gb is free (so far).