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41 lines
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\section{\module{filecmp} ---
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File Comparisons}
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\declaremodule{standard}{filecmp}
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\sectionauthor{Moshe Zadka}{mzadka@geocities.com}
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\modulesynopsis{Compare files efficiently.}
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The \module{filecmp} module defines a function to compare files, taking all
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sort of short-cuts to make it a highly efficient operation.
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The \module{filecmp} module defines the following function:
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\begin{funcdesc}{cmp}{f1, f2\optional{, shallow\optional{, use_statcache}}}
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Compare the files named \var{f1} and \var{f2}, returning \code{1}
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if they seem equal, \code{0} otherwise.
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Unless \var{shallow} is given and is false, files with identical
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\function{os.stat()} signatures are taken to be equal. If
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\var{use_statcache} is given and is true,
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\function{statcache.stat()} will be called rather then \var{os.stat()}.
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Files that were compared using this function will not be compared again
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unless their \function{os.stat()} signature changes. Note that using
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\var{use_statcache} true will cause the cache invalidation mechanism to
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fail --- the stale stat value will be used from \refmodule{statcache}'s
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cache.
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Note that no external programs are called from this module giving it
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portability and efficiency.
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\end{funcdesc}
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Example:
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\begin{verbatim}
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>>> import filecmp
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>>> filecmp.cmp('libundoc.tex', 'libundoc.tex')
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1
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>>> filecmp.cmp('libundoc.tex', 'lib.tex')
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0
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\end{verbatim}
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