Python Standard Library

The cmp Module

(Obsolete, Only in 1.5.2) The cmp module contains a function to compare two files, as Example 14-19 demonstrates.

Example 14-19. Using the cmp Module

File: cmp-example-1.py

import cmp

if cmp.cmp("samples/sample.au", "samples/sample.wav"):
    print "files are identical"
else:
    print "files differ!"

files differ!

In Python 2.0 and later, this module has been replaced by the filecmp module.