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dircmp(1)							     dircmp(1)

Name
       dircmp - directory comparison

Syntax
       dircmp [ -d ] [ -s ] [ -wn ] dir...

Description
       The  command examines dir1 and dir2 and generates tabulated information
       about the contents of the  directories.	Listings  of  files  that  are
       unique  to  each	 directory  are	 generated for all the options.	 If no
       option is entered, a list is output indicating  whether	the  filenames
       common to both directories have the same contents.

       This  command  is supplied for X/OPEN compliance.  The same results are
       available from which produces results more quickly and effectively.

Options
       -d   Compares the contents of files with the same name in both directo‐
	    ries  and  output  a  list telling what must be changed in the two
	    files to bring them into agreement.	 The list format is  described
	    in

       -s   Suppresses messages about identical files.

       -wn  Changes the width of the output line to n characters.  The default
	    width is 72.

See Also
       cmp(1), diff(1).

								     dircmp(1)

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