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I would like to know why minuses?
– Znik
Commented Mar 10, 2016 at 10:05
1. Not an answer to the question. 2. Bad style. 3. Not an answer to anything (full of why and maybe). 4. The statement "only rsync is userfull [sic]" is wrong. If you like the rsync answer, add a comment to it.
– Johannes Overmann
Commented Aug 19, 2022 at 12:45
I don't agree with you. Style? forgive me, I'm not a native speaker. Useless and nod answer? revert rsync options and use -n option. this sofrware will do nothing, but will display you all differences, except file data. It will only report two files are not binary identical. For detail file comparation you have additional software like diff for example. But main work will do rsync command. Finall check comparing direct file, and symlink pointed to direct file. Many software works bad with that scenario.
– Znik
Commented Sep 7, 2022 at 11:52
In short, I only ever downvote answers when I think that the answer should be removed without replacement. In case you ask how you could improve your answer: Answer the question in the, well, answer style, like "You can use rsync -n DIR1 DIR2" to compare directories". Thats what I meant with style. I would never downvote (or even criticize) an answer because of language errors.
– Johannes Overmann
Commented Sep 8, 2022 at 19:43

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