[vox-tech] stale NFS file (was: binary equivalence of two directories)

[Michael Wenk]

Not sure its on linux or not, but my favorite util for that is dircmp 

Mike
On Thursday 17 March 2005 06:05, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> On Thu 17 Mar 05,  8:26 AM, p <p> said:
> > On Wed 16 Mar 05, 10:42 PM, Rod Roark <rod at sunsetsystems.com> said:
> > > On Wednesday 16 March 2005 10:26 pm, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > > > What's the quick and dirty way of using md5sum or sha1sum to check
> > > > the equivalence of the files residing in two directories?  I suppose
> > > > I can whip up a Perl script to traverse the directories, but I'm
> > > > wondering if there's a short one liner (or perhaps an already written
> > > > utility) to do this.
> > >
> > > How about:
> > >
> > > $ diff -r dir1 dir2
> > >
> > > -- Rod
> >
> > I totally spaced that diff recurses.   How embarrasing!   :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Pete
>
> Another question (with my tail between my legs).
>
> When I do this, I get many "Stale NFS file handle" messaages:
>
>    $ diff -r project2/ /dvd/
>    diff: project2/Getting Started with Corel Painter 8/data/movies/chap05:
> Stale NFS file handle diff: project2/Getting Started with Corel Painter
> 8/data/movies/chap06: Stale NFS file handle ...
>    diff: project2/Intermediate Flash MX 2004/CD 1/Xtras: Stale NFS file
> handle diff: project2/Intermediate Flash MX 2004/CD 2: Stale NFS file
> handle diff: project2/Intermediate Flash MX 2004/readme.txt: Stale NFS file
> handle diff: project2/Learning Access 2003/PC Exercise: Stale NFS file
> handle diff: project2/Learning Access 2003/readme.txt: Stale NFS file
> handle
>
>
> The DVD in question is on satan.  The directory
>
>    /E/documentation/Videos/Lynda.com/project2/
>
> is on lucifer, but NFS mounted onto satan.  All in all, the dvd has about
> 4.1 GB on it, so the amount of data is non-trivial.
>
> Does anyone know why this is happening?
>
> Thanks,
> Pete

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