[Winmerge-support] Comparing folders

[Yachnin, Mark]

I'm trying to compare two folders that are on different drives. The folders should have the same contents, about 30,000 files each.

Much to my surprise, It seems like almost all the files are returned in the comparison as left or right "Unique Items". I'm wondering if this is because they are on different drives - the left drive is "Q:\" and the right drive is "E:\". Could this be true? If so, is there a way to compare the contents of the directories discounting the drive letter?

Thanks,
Mark


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[Deanna Earley]

I’m trying to compare two folders that are on different drives. The
folders should have the same contents, about 30,000 files each.
Much to my surprise, It seems like almost all the files are returned in
the comparison as left or right “Unique Items”. I’m wondering if this
is because they are on different drives – the left drive is “Q:\” and
the right drive is “E:\”. Could this be true? If so, is there a way to
compare the contents of the directories discounting the drive letter?

The base paths are not considered in the comparison.
Only the relative path and file name is used to find matching files.

The most likely cause for it thinking they are unique is that they are
only in one of the folders you've given.
Are you sure they have the same directory structure and you're not
accidentally selecting a sub or parent folder instead?