Program That Compares Two Folders and Displays The Difference?

[jdanniel]

Hi everybody.

I’m looking for a freeware or shareware program that will compare the contents of two folders, and display the difference.

Let me elaborate.

Let’s say I have a folder named ALPHABET 1.

In the ALPHABET 1 folder, I have the following subfolders:

A B C X Y Z

I have a second folder, named ALPHABET 2.

In ALPHABET 2, I have the following subfolders:

A B C D E W X Y Z.

So, I’m looking for a program that will inspect these two folders, and will tell me the difference is:

D, E, W.

That's all I need it to do.

Does that make sense? Does anyone know of any programs that might do that?

Thank you!

J. Danniel

 

[Sir_George]

Hi everybody.

I’m looking for a freeware or shareware program that will compare the contents of two folders, and display the difference.

Let me elaborate.

Let’s say I have a folder named ALPHABET 1.

In the ALPHABET 1 folder, I have the following subfolders:

A B C X Y Z

I have a second folder, named ALPHABET 2.

In ALPHABET 2, I have the following subfolders:

A B C D E W X Y Z.

So, I’m looking for a program that will inspect these two folders, and will tell me the difference is:

D, E, W.

That's all I need it to do.

Does that make sense? Does anyone know of any programs that might do that?

Thank you!

J. Danniel

I believe the app provided in the link below will do what you want.

WinMerge - You will see the difference…

WinMerge is an Open Source differencing and merging tool for Windows. WinMerge can compare both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual text format that is easy to understand and handle.

winmerge.org

 

[jdanniel]

Thank you for replying. This is PERFECT! Thank you.

But...if I may, I'd like to ask one question: How do you filter WinMerge so that it displays ONLY the different folders?
In the example below, I only want D, E, and W displayed. Is that possible? If so, what do I do to get this?

I'm SO close! Thank you so much.

 

[Grizzly]

Try total commander. It does the same way. I use it to sync my data drive with my backup drives.

Total Commander - home

Homepage of Total Commander, a file manager replacement for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10

www.ghisler.com

 

[Sir_George]

Thank you for replying. This is PERFECT! Thank you.

But...if I may, I'd like to ask one question: How do you filter WinMerge so that it displays ONLY the different folders?
In the example below, I only want D, E, and W displayed. Is that possible? If so, what do I do to get this?

I'm SO close! Thank you so much.

View attachment 1026

I haven't used the app for awhile, but the link below has the settings for options and configuration. Maybe something can be changed that will ignore selected drives. I really don't know.

Options and configuration - WinMerge 2.16 Manual