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.TH dircmp 1 "1 Feb 1995" "SunOS 5.11" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
dircmp \- directory comparison
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBdircmp\fR [\fB-ds\fR] [\fB-w\fR \fIn\fR] \fIdir1\fR \fIdir2\fR
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBdircmp\fR command examines \fIdir1\fR and \fIdir2\fR and generates various tabulated information about the contents of the directories. Listings of files that are unique to each directory are generated for all the options. If no option is entered, a list is output indicating whether the file names common to both directories have the same contents.
.SH OPTIONS
.sp
.LP
The following options are supported:
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB-d\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 8n
.rt  
Compares the contents of files with the same name in both directories and output a list telling what must be changed in the two files to bring them into agreement. The list format is described in \fBdiff\fR(1).
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB-s\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 8n
.rt  
Suppresses messages about identical files.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB-w\fR \fIn\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 8n
.rt  
Changes the width of the output line to \fIn\fR characters. The default width is  \fB72\fR.
.RE

.SH OPERANDS
.sp
.LP
The following operands are supported:
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIdir1\fR\fR
.ad
.br
.na
\fB\fIdir2\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 8n
.rt  
A path name of a directory to be compared.
.RE

.SH USAGE
.sp
.LP
See \fBlargefile\fR(5) for the description of the behavior of \fBdircmp\fR when encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2^31 bytes).
.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.sp
.LP
See \fBenviron\fR(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of \fBdircmp\fR: \fBLC_COLLATE\fR, \fBLC_CTYPE\fR, \fBLC_MESSAGES\fR, and \fBNLSPATH\fR.
.SH EXIT STATUS
.sp
.LP
The following exit values are returned:
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB0\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
.rt  
Successful completion.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB>0\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
.rt  
An error occurred. (Differences in directory contents are not considered errors.)
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Availabilitysystem/core-os
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBcmp\fR(1), \fBdiff\fR(1), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBenviron\fR(5), \fBlargefile\fR(5)