Name
cmp
Synopsis
cmp(f1
,f2
,shallow
=True,use_statcache
=False)
Compares the files named by path strings
f1
and f2
. If
the files seem equal, cmp
returns
True
, otherwise False
. If
shallow
is true, files are deemed equal if
their stat
tuples are equal. If
shallow
is false, cmp
reads and compares files with equal stat
tuples.
If use_statcache
is false,
cmp
obtains file information via
os.stat
; if
use_statcache
is true,
cmp
calls statcache.stat
instead. cmp
remembers what files have already
been compared and does not repeat comparisons unless some file has
changed, but use_statcache
makes
cmp
believe that no file ever changes.
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