compare_folders: Compare the files in two folders

In fmichonneau/fiderent: Compare Files Between Folders

Description

Compares whether the content of the files in two directory are identical. This can be useful when you cannot rely on the timestamps or the size of the files to know if their contents have changed.

Usage

compare_folders(path_1, path_2, ...)

Arguments

path_1	path of the first folder to compare
path_2	path of the second folder to compare
...	additional arguments to be passed to fs::dir_ls (see details)

Details

By default, to compare the content of the files, the following arguments are passed to fs::dir_ls:

• recurse = TRUE

• type = "file".

Files that are only found in one folder will have NA in the identical column.

Value

a tibble with 4 columns:

• the names of the files that are found in both folders

• their respective MD5 hashes

• whether the hashes (and therefore the files) are identical

fmichonneau/fiderent documentation built on Sept. 29, 2020, 12:48 a.m.