Directories Comparison
Allows to compare contents of two directories.
In this mode following fields and buttons are available:
- Left Directory
and Right Directory. Directories contents of which will be compared. It is possible to type them using keyboard or by pressing the button and to select interactively.
Headers Comparison Quick comparison (binary comparison is not happening)
Binary Comparison Full binary comparison.
Report. Forming of file-report in which includes information about differences founded during comparison.
Stop. Urgent stop of comparison.
Window Files List. Here all read files are included.
Window Compare Errors List. Here all files, at comparison of which mistakes were found, are included.
Comparison happening in two stages:
- Headers Comparison. Reads all files and subdirectories placed in selected directories. (Reading happensrecursively, i.e. all files and subdirectories in readed subdirectories). Thus happens preliminary comparison (confirmity of lengths, attributes, dates and times of files and directories creation).
Binary Comparison. Happens bite by bite comparison presumably corresponding files (i.e. files which have the same names and lengths).
All read files placed in window Files List that looks like a tree. All files and directories in which on first and second stage of comparison differences were found, placed in window Compare Errors List, thus in this window also noticed tree structure.
For directories, there is no comparison on date and time of creation.
To all files and directories situated in windows
Files List and Compare Errors List pictograms are compared, that show mistakes founded during comparison.
Pictograms may be of following types:
attributes, dates and time of creation and also length of files have coincided. Binary comparison were not checked.
files are absolutely identical.
files will be not binary compared.
attributes do not coincide. Binary comparison were not checked.
dates of creations do not coincide. Binary comparison were not checked.
time of creation do not coincide. Binary comparison were not checked.
few incongruities were found (of attributes, dates and time of creation). Binary comparison were not checked.
attributes do not coincide but contents of files have coincided.
dates of creation do not coincide but contents of files have coincided.
time of creation does not coincide but contents of files have coincided.
few incongruities were found (of attributes, dates and time of creation) but contents of files have coincided.
size of files do not coincide.
file is only in Left Directory.
file is only in Right Directory.
as a result of bite by bite comparison was founded that files are not identical.
error of reading of one of files during binary comparison.