md5sum for directories?

[Alexander Skwar]

· pkaplan1 at comcast.net <pkaplan1 at comcast.net>:

> Is there something similar to md5sum for verifying that two copies of a directory are equivalent?

No. You've got to compare all the files in the directory.

It's done easiest with "find" and the "-exec" parameter in combination
with the "sort" and "diff" commands. See the man pages.

Alexander Skwar
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