6.7.1 The dircmp class
- class dircmp(a, b[, ignore[, hide]])
-
Construct a new directory comparison object, to compare the
directories a and b. ignore is a list of names to
ignore, and defaults to
['RCS', 'CVS', 'tags']. hide is a
list of names to hide, and defaults to [os.curdir, os.pardir].
- report()
-
Print (to
sys.stdout) a comparison between a and b.
- report_partial_closure()
-
Print a comparison between a and b and common immediate
subdirctories.
- report_full_closure()
-
Print a comparison between a and b and common
subdirctories (recursively).
- left_list
-
Files and subdirectories in a, filtered by hide and
ignore.
- right_list
-
Files and subdirectories in b, filtered by hide and
ignore.
- common
-
Files and subdirectories in both a and b.
- left_only
-
Files and subdirectories only in a.
- right_only
-
Files and subdirectories only in b.
- common_dirs
-
Subdirectories in both a and b.
- common_files
-
Files in both a and b
- common_funny
-
Names in both a and b, such that the type differs between
the directories, or names for which os.stat() reports an
error.
- same_files
-
Files which are identical in both a and b.
- diff_files
-
Files which are in both a and b, whose contents differ.
- funny_files
-
Files which are in both a and b, but could not be
compared.
- subdirs
-
A dictionary mapping names in common_dirs to
dircmp objects.
Note that via __getattr__() hooks, all attributes are
computed lazilly, so there is no speed penalty if only those
attributes which are lightweight to compute are used.
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