>From: "MUGWump" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Comparing Files and Folders >Date: Tue, Jun 17, 2003, 4:04 AM
>When I burn a CD-R on a PC, I use a little command-line utility >called XDIFF32 <http://www.wookie.demon.co.uk/xdiff/> to compare one >to another. I start at whatever folder level I want (usually root) >and it compares the files and folders all the way down the tree. > >For the Mac, I've found a utility called Folder Compare, ><http://www.pollet.net/FolderCompare/> which seems to do the same >thing (I'm going to be passing it on to a friend so I want to be >sure), but it doesn't say that it checks for byte mismatches, >such as would indicate a corrupted file. > >Does Folder Compare do what I want, or is there another utility that >will do the job (and what is it and where do I get it)? Can't speak for/against Folder Compare, having never used it. However, on the Mac I often make use of Disk Copy 6.x in preparing folders intended to be burnt to CD. That is: I use Disk Copy's "Create Image from Folder..." to convert a [CD volume's worth] folder of files and it's subdirectories etc; into an image file of a CD. After it creates the image, I make sure it is NOT mounted on the desktop (Disk Copy mounts the image by default, when creating the image, I uncheck that option in Disk Copy's dialog). Once Disk Copy has created a CD image, I double-click this image file to mount it manually, this causes Disk Copy to do a checksum error check on the image contents as it mounts. Once mounted without errors, I get Toast to burn the now mounted image to CD. -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac-N-DOS list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
