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<\/p>\nI know a number of people in the Delphi and C++Builder world are taking their first steps into OS X. To be honest, I’m not that many steps in either. So I thought I’d start posting some tips as I strike problems and solve them, so hopefully it’ll help someone else.<\/p>\n
Today’s problem (and solution) was the need to do a file and folder comparison on OS X. I’d had a few reports that this blog was not working properly on older versions of Firefox (Firefox 3.6) and wanted to see if I’d mucked up anything when changing the theme. I downloaded a fresh copy of the base theme and wanted to see all the differences between it and the version I’m using.<\/p>\n
I was about to try and dust off my unix command knowledge when I wondered if XCode had anything. A little digging turned up FileMerge in \/Developer\/Applications\/Utilities. Starting it up you are presented with the following screen:<\/p>\n
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Despite the Caption, you can actually specify a folder name rather than just a filename. If you do so, and then click Compare, it’ll present you with a screen showing common files in grey, and files that are either unique to one folder, or different in both folders, in black.<\/p>\n
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Selecting one of the black files displays the details of the differences at the bottom, and then clicking on View gives you several options, including Comparison which will bring up a traditional side-by-side view.<\/p>\n
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