Re: check if files are the same on Windows

On Mar 19, 11:55 am, Shane Geiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the unix world, 'fc' would be like diff. > > """ > Python example of checksumming files with the MD5 module. > > In Python 2.5, the hashlib module would be preferable/more elegant. > """ > > import md5 > > import string, os > r = lam

Re: check if files are the same on Windows

In the unix world, 'fc' would be like diff. """ Python example of checksumming files with the MD5 module. In Python 2.5, the hashlib module would be preferable/more elegant. """ import md5 import string, os r = lambda f: open(f, "r").read() def readfile(f,strip=False): return (strip and stripp

Re: check if files are the same on Windows

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Beliavsky wrote: > […] How should one check that files are the same in Python? The files > are plain text. Take a look at the `filecmp` module. Pay attention to the shallow argument of `filecmp.cmp()` and the default value! Ciao, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch -- htt