On 2016-12-21 15:39, Steve Smith wrote: > Or leave off the -r. > Assuming a single-level root.
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 1:36 PM, John McKown <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Allan Staller <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> You will need to mount the 2nd root somewhere available to the first >> root. >>> >>> Then diff - -r / 2ndroot/ >>> >>> I might be off in the syntax for 2nd root. >> >> I am fairly sure that one problem with the -r is that it will recurse into >> directories which are on file systems mounted under the given directory. >> Which, in the case of "root", will be all mounted file systems. The "find" >> command also seems to have this "defect". Now, if the OP can mount the two >> file systems on their own mount point & not have any other file systems >> mounted beneath them, the "diff -r" will work very well. >> Some versions of "find", though perhaps not z/OS have an option to not traverse mount points. Also, beware of differences in permission modes, extended attributes, and unresolved symbolic links which "diff" may not notice. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
