In <1174320587.618875.48290 at y66g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, Beliavsky wrote: > […] How should one check that files are the same in Python? The files > are plain text. Take a look at the `filecmp` module. Pay attention to the shallow argument of `filecmp.cmp()` and the default value! Ciao, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch