Dear all, I cannot get diff -r to search recursively. Here is an example. First I create two folders, each with one sub-folder and one file, where each sub-folder and file has a different content: ``` $ mkdir orig $ mkdir backup $ mkdir orig/1 $ mkdir backup/2 $ echo 'blah' > orig/1/test.txt $ ls orig/1 test.txt $ echo 'blah1' > backup/2/test1.txt ``` Now I compare them using the '-qr' option:
``` $ diff -qr orig/ backup/ Only in orig/: 1 Only in backup/: 2 ``` I was expecting to be told that orig/1/test.txt and backup/2/test1.txt are unique. If I descend into the subfolder in one of them, the file in that folder is found: ``` $ diff -r orig/1 backup/ Only in backup/: 2 Only in orig/1: test.txt ``` I actually get the same behaviour with or without '-qr'. Is this a bug or am I misunderstanding diff -r? I am using diff (GNU diffutils) 3.7. Cheers Stan
