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Is there a side by side folder compare app?
e.g. Left pane selects a folder and shows a tree of files. Right pane selects a folder and shows a tree of files. The tree node are populated if there is a matching subfolder or file on the other pane so that it is easy to see if anything is missing. The tree can be expanded to show all files and modified data and file size. |
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Per OldGuy:
Is there a side by side folder compare app? e.g. Left pane selects a folder and shows a tree of files. Right pane selects a folder and shows a tree of files. The tree node are populated if there is a matching subfolder or file on the other pane so that it is easy to see if anything is missing. The tree can be expanded to show all files and modified data and file size. I have been using "Beyond Compare" from Scooter Software for a few years now. Can't recall the price, but it was totally reasonable. IMHO it's one of the classiest apps I have come across. -- Pete Cresswell |
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OldGuy wrote:
Is there a side by side folder compare app? e.g. Left pane selects a folder and shows a tree of files. Right pane selects a folder and shows a tree of files. The tree node are populated if there is a matching subfolder or file on the other pane so that it is easy to see if anything is missing. The tree can be expanded to show all files and modified data and file size. WinMerge (http://winmerge.org/) is free. It's layout showing files comparison is much better than the text description they give for folders comparison. Their screen snapshot for folder compare looks like http://manual.winmerge.org/screenshots/foldercomp1.png. Twould be better if they did like Beyond Compare ($30 std, $50 pro) mentioned by Pete but be aware some features in the Pro version are not in the Std version (see http://www.scootersoftware.com/shop.php?zz=kb_editions). Araxis Merge is used by many programmers (mostly for its merging capabilities) but has nice folder compares, too; however, it's a pricey program (http://www.araxis.com/buy/prices). You didn't mention what budget you have for such a tool. Some programmers use Guiffy because it can also be incorporated into their choice of programming IDE (interactive development environment), like Eclipse and NetBeans. You can review its pricing schedule at http://www.guiffy.com/order/order.html. Then there's WinDiff (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/159214) from Microsoft but it's pretty basic. There are sync tools that will show a graphical comparison of folders, like FreeFileSync (http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/, home page at http://www.freefilesync.org/). It's donationware (free to use but they would like a optional donation). A review is at http://www.pcworld.com/article/25754...ilesync .html. They show a lot of screenshots, like folder compare, but I didn't see one that was like WinMerge where you could see what was different inside the files (http://www.freefilesync.org/screenshots.php). It's more oriented to file sync than to comparing and merging code. There's ExamDiff (free) but you have to pay ($35) to get folder comparison. There's SwiftComplete that says it will do file and folder compares. A few more features are available in the $27 Pro version (see http://www.oorjasoftware.com/sc-lite.html). The community over at alt.comp.freeware might have more suggestions. |
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"OldGuy" wrote in message
... Is there a side by side folder compare app? e.g. Left pane selects a folder and shows a tree of files. Right pane selects a folder and shows a tree of files. The tree node are populated if there is a matching subfolder or file on the other pane so that it is easy to see if anything is missing. The tree can be expanded to show all files and modified data and file size. PowerDesk (Avanquest) does this (used here for six or eight years) with extras, e.g.a utility to compare two folders and update as you please. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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