File Comparison Problems

[dbrannick]

I have 2 directories. The left side is a revised/modified set of files while the right hand side is a complete application. I'd like to compare the modified directories/files to the complete application to determine what changed.

My problem (or possibly my inexperience with BC) is if I do a folder compare, I get exactly what I want and it runs quickly. However, I also need the file reports as I need to report of the number of changed lines, delete lines, etc. The problem I have is it will compare all the files on the right as well. I only want the app to compare each file on the left to its counterpart on the right. This wouldn't necessarily be a problem but I have over 50K files on the right vs a change of possibly 50. It takes forever for it to run.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
thanks.

Here is my command file:
oad "C:\CLIENTS\SOURCECODE\DELTAS\EXPANDEDSOURCE\20090 506" "C:\Clients\SourceCode\MergedSourceCode"
filter "-* 02.*;-.\.svn\;-.svn\;-.\ComparisonDirectory\"
compare rules-based
expand all
select left.all
folder-report layout:summary options:display-left-newer-orphans &
&
output-to:"foldercompare.dat"

file-report layout:summary options:display-mismatches &
output-to:"file-summary.dat"
file-report layout:statistics options:display-mismatches &
output-to:"file-stats.dat"

[Aaron]

Hello,

A couple of pointers:
You can set the filter command above the load command to help load faster.
You do not need compare rules-based
You do not need to select for the folder-report, so you can logically move the selection closer to the file-report command it affects.

filter "-* 02.*;-.\.svn\;-.svn\;-.\ComparisonDirectory\"
load "C:\CLIENTS\SOURCECODE\DELTAS\EXPANDEDSOURCE\20090 506" "C:\Clients\SourceCode\MergedSourceCode"
expand all
#Folder-Report section
folder-report layout:summary options:display-left-newer-orphans &
output-to:"foldercompare.dat"
#File-Report section
select left.orphan.files newer.files older.files diff.files
file-report layout:summary options:display-mismatches &
output-to:"file-summary.dat"
file-report layout:statistics options:display-mismatches &
output-to:"file-stats.dat"

How does that work for you?