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Simple App for comparing file listings?
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Jan 23, 2002, 02:29 PM
 
Dear Developers,

I haven't run into an app that takes two sets of files, compares them by, say, version or modification date, and based on that comparison then creates a new list containing 'the newest' or 'the oldest' or 'the latest versions' only - no duplicates.

I would've needed such a thingy a few times last week, for example when trying to compare my two macs' screensavers, of which there were different versions at different locations.

I'm not aware whether it exists as command line app, but I'd be interested in a small GUI app.

So if someone's looking for something semi- useful to program (if indeed this doesn't exist), give it a thought. Anyone else need something like this?

At it's simplest it could be three (or more) adjacent list views, where you could drag stuff into and out from: A, B and output based on the precious little file metadata we currently have, date, version size etc.

Just a thought,

J

[ 01-23-2002: Message edited by: Judge_Fire ]
     
   
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