[X4U] Compare folders

[John Daschbach]

If the folders do not have children (no sub Folders) then the easiest  
way make sure Dir2 has every file in Dir1 is to use mv

e.g.

mv -i * ../Dir2/

to compare two directories:

diff Dir1/ Dir2/

-John


On Mar 9, 2006, at 4:46 AM, Paul Moortgat wrote:

> Is there an Applescript file which allows me to compare the content  
> of 2 folders and copy items from folder 1 to folder 2 if the latter  
> isn't like folder 1?
>
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