Re: Recursive diff?

[Les Mikesell <lesmikesell gmail com>]

Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
>    What's the best way to run diff against two folders, comparing every 
> single file in each one?
>
>    Basically we're trying to figure out what changes have been made 
> between a backup folder and a current one.  They both contain folders 
> within folders and files within them.

Is that a trick question?

diff -r path1 path2

pipe to less or direct output to a file for later review.

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