Directory comparison

[NoOp]

On 07/26/2009 02:37 PM, R Kimber wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:13:50 -0400
> Brian McKee wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 12:55 PM, R Kimber<richardkimber at btinternet.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Can anyone recommend an application that I can use to compare
>> > modification times and filenames in directories on a remote server with
>> > those on my PC?
>> 
>> Two thoughts - I like 'meld' and it compares local directories - it's
>> available in the repositories - so if you can access the remote
>> directory thru nautilus, then use the ~/.gvfs folder to make the
>> remote folder available to meld as a local one.
>> 
>> Or you could hack up a little bash script - e.g.
>>    ls -ahl / > /tmp/1 && ssh riviera 'ls -ahl / > /tmp/2' && scp
>> riviera:/tmp/2 /tmp && vimdiff /tmp/1 /tmp/2
>> replacing riviera with your remote host, and vimdiff with meld or
>> whatever you prefer...
> 
> I had a look at meld. But does meld connect to external sites?  I wasn't
> clear that it did.

No, but that is why Brian mentioned connecting via nautilus (connect to
server|ssh etc) and once mounted have meld use the ~/.gvfs folder to use
the comparison. Once the remote is mounted in nautilus, the mount point
is maintained in ~/.gvfs for as long as it is mounted.