Module filecmp :: Class dircmp
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_ClassType dircmp

A class that manages the comparison of 2 directories.

dircmp(a,b,ignore=None,hide=None)
  A and B are directories.
  IGNORE is a list of names to ignore,
    defaults to ['RCS', 'CVS', 'tags'].
  HIDE is a list of names to hide,
    defaults to [os.curdir, os.pardir].

High level usage:
  x = dircmp(dir1, dir2)
  x.report() -> prints a report on the differences between dir1 and dir2
   or
  x.report_partial_closure() -> prints report on differences between dir1
        and dir2, and reports on common immediate subdirectories.
  x.report_full_closure() -> like report_partial_closure,
        but fully recursive.

Attributes:
 left_list, right_list: The files in dir1 and dir2,
    filtered by hide and ignore.
 common: a list of names in both dir1 and dir2.
 left_only, right_only: names only in dir1, dir2.
 common_dirs: subdirectories in both dir1 and dir2.
 common_files: files in both dir1 and dir2.
 common_funny: names in both dir1 and dir2 where the type differs between
    dir1 and dir2, or the name is not stat-able.
 same_files: list of identical files.
 diff_files: list of filenames which differ.
 funny_files: list of files which could not be compared.
 subdirs: a dictionary of dircmp objects, keyed by names in common_dirs.
 

Instance Methods [hide private]
 
__init__(self, a, b, ignore=None, hide=None)
 
phase0(self)
 
phase1(self)
 
phase2(self)
 
phase3(self)
 
phase4(self)
 
phase4_closure(self)
 
report(self)
 
report_partial_closure(self)
 
report_full_closure(self)
 
__getattr__(self, attr)
Class Variables [hide private]
  methodmap = dict(subdirs= phase4, same_files= phase3, diff_fil...
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methodmap

Value:
dict(subdirs= phase4, same_files= phase3, diff_files= phase3, funny_fi\
les= phase3, common_dirs= phase2, common_files= phase2, common_funny= \
phase2, common= phase1, left_only= phase1, right_only= phase1, left_li\
st= phase0, right_list= phase0)