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NAME

zipcmp — compare contents of zip archives

SYNOPSIS

| zipcmp | [-hipqtVv] archive1 archive2 |

DESCRIPTION

zipcmp compares the zip archives or directories archive1 and archive2 and checks if they contain the same files, comparing their names, uncompressed sizes, and CRCs. File order and compressed size differences are ignored.

Supported options:

-hDisplay a short help message and exit.-iCompare names ignoring case distinctions.-pEnable paranoid checks. Compares extra fields and other meta data. (Automatically disabled if one of the archives is a directory.)-qQuiet mode. Compare -v.-tTest zip files by comparing the contents to their checksums.-VDisplay version information and exit.-vVerbose mode. Print details about differences to stdout. (This is the default.)

EXIT STATUS

zipcmp exits 0 if the two archives contain the same files, 1 if they differ, and >1 if an error occurred.

SEE ALSO

zipmerge(1), ziptool(1), libzip(3)

HISTORY

zipcmp was added in libzip 0.6.

AUTHORS

Dieter Baron <[email protected]> and Thomas Klausner <[email protected]>

| December 18, 2017 | NiH |