diffing and uniqing directories

[rustom]

On Apr 27, 12:31 am, castiro... at gmail.com wrote:
> On Apr 26, 1:14 pm, "Rustom Mody" <rustompm... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Over years Ive collected tgz's of my directories. I would like to diff
> > and uniq them
>
> > Now I guess it would be quite simple to write a script that does a
> > walk or find through a pair of directory trees, makes a SHA1 of each
> > file and then sorts out the files whose SHA1s are the same/different.
> > What is more difficult for me to do is to write a visual/gui tool to
> > help me do this.
>
> > I would guess that someone in the python world must have already done
> > it [The alternative is to use some of the tools that come with version
> > control systems like git. But if I knew more about that option I would
> > not be stuck with tgzs in the first place ;-)]
>
> > So if there is such software known please let me know.
>
> > PS Also with the spam flood that has hit the python list I dont know
> > if this mail is being read at all or Ive fallen off the list!
>
> I don't want to give you advice; there is profit in diversity, so
> telling you what I use could negatively unify the diverse group.
>
> In another language I know, and I pause to defer to the old and wise
> on that, Visual Basic (known to make money), certain counterparts like
> Visual Basic for Applications allow construction of scripts in the
> owner's other suites.  That is, you can write Basic snippets in Excel,
> Access, and so on.  That's one benefit that private ownership leaves,
> but not everyone is sold on my country's currency/localcy.  Perhaps
> it's in the future of version control systems.  Of course,
> standardization of sufficiency to succeed comes from currency too:
> success isn't success if it isn't current, per se.
>
> Do you have any interest in contributing your mind or hands to
> developing a solid gui framework?  Join a team.

If this is an answer to my question I dont understand it!