RKD

A fast and efficient file tree comparison tool written in Rust.

RKD is short for "RotKraken Diff".

https://github.com/luxagen/rkd

Overview

RKD is a utility for comparing two file trees or log files and identifying differences between them. It's designed to work with the RotKraken (rk) tool for generating file hashes and can efficiently detect file creations, deletions, modifications, and moves/copies between directory trees.

Features

• Compare two directory trees or log files
• Detect file creations, deletions, modifications, and moves/copies
• Efficiently handle large directory structures
• Filter out paths containing specific substrings
• Display common path prefixes or full paths

Installation

Prerequisites

• Rust and Cargo
• The RotKraken (rk) tool for generating file hashes when comparing directory trees

Building from Source

cargo build --release

The compiled binary will be available at target/release/rkd.

Usage

rkd [OPTIONS] <left> <right>

Arguments

• <left>: Left-hand (before) tree or log file
• <right>: Right-hand (after) tree or log file

Options

• -x, --exclude <EXCLUDE>: Ignore paths containing this substring
• -t, --time: Print phase timings to stderr
• -P, --no-prefix: Omit common path prefix and show full paths
• -h, --help: Print help information
• -V, --version: Print version information

Examples

Compare two directory trees:

rkd /path/to/directory1 /path/to/directory2

Compare two log files:

rkd log1.txt log2.txt

Compare using stdin for one side:

some_command | rkd - /path/to/directory

Exclude certain paths:

rkd --exclude=temp --exclude=cache /path/to/directory1 /path/to/directory2

Links

• RotKraken:
  • GitHub: rotkraken
  • Homepage: http://www.luxagen.com/product/rotkraken