Is there a simple way or trick to compare contents of Zip files for any
changes. A diff on 2 zip files may show that they are different,  but
it would be nice to know which file(s) have changed between the two
archives.

Any thoughts ?

-Dexthor.

In article <1143135297.911684.41460@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
 "Dexthor" <gmolakal@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a simple way or trick to compare contents of Zip files for any
> changes. A diff on 2 zip files may show that they are different,  but
> it would be nice to know which file(s) have changed between the two
> archives.
> 
> Any thoughts ?
> 
> -Dexthor.

I have a zdiff, zcat, zmore, znew, zgrep, and zcmp utilities on my MacOS 
X system.  They came with fink.  Goggling for these utilities shows 
several linux packages.

got port?

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Dexthor <gmolakal@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a simple way or trick to compare contents of Zip files for any
> changes. A diff on 2 zip files may show that they are different,  but
> it would be nice to know which file(s) have changed between the two
> archives.

What about:

  $ unzip -l t1.zip > t1.list
  $ unzip -l t2.zip > t2.list
  $ diff t1.list t2.list

mp.
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