David W. JonesFeb 4

Any GUI Linux directory comparison tools that work?

I tried KDIFF3, it crashes partway through comparison. I understand that v1.10 has a bug and crashes when a directory has symlinks in it, as my home folder does.

I tried KDIFF3 v1.12 via the abomination called Flatpak, but it also crashes partway through scanning.

I tried MELD, it just hangs there "scanning" but uses no CPU and is doing nothing...

Ideas?

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@dancingtreefrog

I usually use Meld, but yeah, I've seen it crash and burn sometimes. Not sure what would be better. If anybody has any ideas, I'd like to hear them!

Show threadDavid W. JonesFeb 4
@argv_minus_one I can't figure out how to do anything with Meld. Pick the two folders, it just hangs doing nothing... Ideas?
Show threadAldarch IIIFeb 4
@dancingtreefrog @argv_minus_one How much data?
Any filters set?
Comparing hashes for all files in a big data set can take a while...
Show threadDavid W. JonesFeb 4
@aldarch3 @argv_minus_one Filters? I assume you're referring to Meld? I've never set or changed any filters in it, don't know how to do that, anyway.
Show threadAldarch IIIFeb 4
@dancingtreefrog @argv_minus_one
I'd imagine that taking a while.
Not in front of it, but poke around in the settings - I think you can set it to just compare size/date and not contents.
Show threadAldarch IIIFeb 4
@dancingtreefrog @argv_minus_one
There is also rmlint (and gui).
https://rmlint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/gui.html
Graphical user interface — rmlint (2.10.3 Ludicrous Lemur) documentation

Show threadDavid W. Jones
@aldarch3 @argv_minus_one Hmm, interesting. Kind of like a GUI tool I already have, CZKawka's fork of fslint... Except I'm not looking for file duplicates between the directories, I'm looking for files that exist only in one of them.
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