DirComp.NET Files

About
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DirComp.NET is a simple command-line tool written in VB.NET, which compares 
two directories, and either lists differences or mirrors one directory onto 
another. For example, it can be used to backup large file repository by 
maintaining a mirror copy. It lives well with existing Windows infrastructure, 
which already provides file shares. And finally, DirComp.NET is based 
on .NET Framework 2.0, which is available from Windows 2000 and up.

Why it deserves space on SourceForge
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A few similar tools exist for directory comparison and synchronization tools, 
of which author experienced RSync for Windows and FreeFileSync. In my opinion,
RSync works best at minimizing network traffic between Unix servers, while 
FreeFileSync's main strenth is ease of use and intuitiveness of GUI. 
DirCompNet was built with Windows system administrator in mind, as setup and 
configuration cannot be easier for those who have a few dozen Windows servers 
in a gigabit LAN and have no requirement of syncing FTP directories over slow 
bandwidth links.

Method of comparing files
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When identifying differences, DirComp.NET looks at two attributes:
  a) time of last modification 
  b) file size.

Identify differences
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This command outputs differences to the stdout:
  
  dircomp diff <pathA> <pathB>

Example:

  C:\dircomp diff C:\dirA C:\dirB
  Starting diff C:\dirA\ C:\dirB\ at 1/8/2013 5:11:56 PM
  images\IMG_0769.JPG - newer in B
  Completed in 0.4240424 seconds

Sync changes from A to B
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This copies directory A onto directory B. Only changes are copied. In the end,
directory B looks like directory A.

  dircomp copyAB <dirA> <dirB>

Example:
  
  C:\dircomp copyAB C:\dirA C:\dirB
  Starting copyAB U:\1\HTML\ U:\2\HTML\ at 1/8/2013 5:17:25 PM
  copying...images.2\image\IMG_0769.JPG - OK
  Completed in 0.2130213 seconds