I am in need of a script to run on IBM AIX v4.3.3 to compare a directory that contains nearly 60,000 files to a partial copy of the same to determine which files are missing and copy the missing files to the destination. I have done some searching on the web and came up with nothing that I have not thought of already. DIFF is no good because it wants to compare the files. This is not what we are interested in resolving. We only want missing files to be copied to the destination directory from the original source. I found one script that was close called 'cmptree' but cannot figure out how to take its results to the next level to initiate and complete the file copy. The cmptree script is as follows:
#!/bin/bash
#
# cmptree: compare directory trees recursively and report the differences.
# Author: Ives Aerts
function gettype () {
if [ -L $1 ]; then
echo "softlink"
elif [ -f $1 ]; then
echo "file"
elif [ -d $1 ]; then
echo "directory"
else
echo "unknown"
fi
}
function exists () {
if [ -e $1 -o -L $1 ]; then
return 0;
else
echo "$1 does not exist."
return 1;
fi
}
function comparefile () {
cmp -s $1 $2
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
echo "$1 different from $2"
# else
# echo "$1 same as $2"
fi
return
}
function comparedirectory () {
local result=0
for i in `(ls -A $1 && ls -A $2) | sort | uniq`; do
compare $1/$i $2/$i || result=1
done
return $result
}
function comparesoftlink () {
local dest1=`ls -l $1 | awk '{ print $11 }'`
local dest2=`ls -l $2 | awk '{ print $11 }'`
if [ $dest1 = $dest2 ]; then
return 0
else
echo "different link targets $1 -> $dest1, $2 -> $dest2"
return 1
fi
}
# compare a file, directory, or softlink
function compare () {
(exists $1 && exists $2) || return 1;
local type1=$(gettype $1)
local type2=$(gettype $2)
if [ $type1 = $type2 ]; then
case $type1 in
file)
comparefile $1 $2
;;
directory)
comparedirectory $1 $2
;;
softlink)
comparesoftlink $1 $2
;;
*)
echo "$1 of unknown type"
false
;;
esac
else
echo "type mismatch: $type1 ($1) and $type2 ($2)."
false
fi
return
}
if [ 2 -ne $# ]; then
cat << EOU
Usage: $0 dir1 dir2
Compare directory trees:
files are binary compared (cmp)
directories are checked for identical content
soft links are checked for identical targets
EOU
exit 10
fi
compare $1 $2
exit $?