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Re: Adding file comparison to mtree



Hi,

> > FreeBSD's mtree(1) has the option to specify the '-f' option twice,
> > resulting in a comparison of the two specified source files (currently,
> > our mtree only does file-fs or fs-file).
> > I'm currently working on something where you really need this, otherwise
> > you had to scan the whole fs tree twice.
> >     FreeBSD's mtree: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mtree
> >     Changes: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=122141
> 
> mtree(8) will not transform an input mtree to "canonical" form suitable
> for diff(1)ing?

actually it does, thanks for the hint. I should look also at NetBSD's
manpages completely, not only whether there's this specific one function...

Regards, Julian

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