If you just want to compare a listing of files (rather than integrity checks as Stephen mentioned), diff itself can actually compare directory contents. Since one of the directories is remote, I would first mount it via sshfs and use `diff -r -q dir1 dir2`. -r makes diff go through directories recursively and -q will quiet the output (won't show differences between individual files). On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Stephen wrote: > There is a tool called swiss file knife such will let you build an md5 > checksum list of all files in a directory then take that generated list to > another computer to verify it is the same. It has some other nifty tools in > it as well. It is bash friendly and it has a scripting function that you > can use to script its commands as well. > > http://stahlworks.com/dev/swiss-file-knife.html > On Jan 18, 2013 10:57 PM, wrote: > >> Is there some efficient way to compare the completeness of all the >> directories and files on two different computers? >> >> I used rsync to upload all the files from one computer to another (or >> thought that I had done so), but I have since discovered that some of the >> files on the source computer are missing on the target computer. >> >> Manually searching each directory and sub-directory is obviously very >> tedious, so I wondered if there was something like 'diff' that could be >> used globally. >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >