Method: FileUtils2#compare_file

Defined in:
lib/fileutils2.rb

#compare_file(a, b) ⇒ Object Also known as: identical?, cmp

Returns true if the contents of a file A and a file B are identical.

FileUtils.compare_file('somefile', 'somefile')  #=> true
FileUtils.compare_file('/bin/cp', '/bin/mv')    #=> maybe false



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# File 'lib/fileutils2.rb', line 891

def compare_file(a, b)
  return false unless File.size(a) == File.size(b)
  File.open(a, 'rb') {|fa|
    File.open(b, 'rb') {|fb|
      return compare_stream(fa, fb)
    }
  }
end