#126 command line save differences to .zip file

[Jim Deblaey]

Hello,

I am trying to run winmerge via a command line script but I need to save the differences to a 3rd folder location and save it as a zip file. it can be done in the GUI version of it, but I was wondering if there is an option to do that via the command line, I am trying to automate this task, and it would be great if I could compare 2 folders, find the differences (can already do this) and then save a zip file with the original and altered folders just like the GUI version.

please let me know if this is possible.

Thanks,
Jim

[Takashi Sawanaka]

Unfortunately, WinMerge does not have the ability to save to a Zip file from the command line.

[Jim Deblaey]

Thank you for this information, is there a way I could generate a report or list of differences that i could say, save to a csv file?

[Takashi Sawanaka]

You can output the results of the recursive folder comparison to a CSV file with the following command :

"C:\Program Files\WinMerge\WinMergeU.exe" /r /noninteractive /cfg ReportType=0 /cfg DirViewExpandSubdirs=1 path1 path2 -or c:\tmp\report.csv

[Jim Deblaey]

That is perfect! thanks!

[Jim Deblaey]

ok one last question, is there a way to manipulate the report so it will not have the 2 line header on it? I would like it to have row 3 as row 1 so I can read from the csv in my script

[Takashi Sawanaka]

Unfortunately, it is currently not possible not to output a two line header.

[Jim Deblaey]

Just to make sure I understood the last comment, it is not possible to remove the top 2 lines from the report?

[Takashi Sawanaka]

Currently, there is no option in WinMerge to remove the top two lines from the report.