From: Siep Korteling <s.korteling@...>
Date: 2009-09-19T05:56:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Compare 2 files with different names (checksum?)

Max Williams wrote:
> Hey all
> 
> I've been using File.compare to see if two files are the same, but now i
> have the case where one is a renamed copy of the other.  I'd like to
> treat these two as the same in this case.  Can anyone suggest a test
> that doesn't care about names?
> 
> The files that have been renamed are xml (ie text format) if that makes
> life easier but a solution that works with binaries as well would be
> ideal.
> 
> I've been trying to google checksums in ruby but haven't seen a useful
> example, maybe i was just being blind.  Will a checksum ignore the name
> of the file?
> 
> thanks
> max

Hmm? File.compare does not care about names, the content of the files is 
compared.

require 'ftools'
File.compare(path_to_file_1, path_to_file_2)

Works fine for me (Ruby 1.8.6, WinXP). Are there issues I'm not aware 
of?

Kind regards,

Siep
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