Diffing Folders to a File

Synopsis

diffmerge {-diff=diffoutput} {folder1} {folder2}

Compare 2 folders and write the differences to a file (without opening a window).

Flags

-d, -diff=pathname

Compare 2 folders and write the results to this pathname. The file is always created even if there are no changes to report.

Exit Status

When diffing folders to a file, DiffMerge sets the exit status to:

0:   IDENTICAL - the 2 folders are identical.

1:   DIFFERENT - there are changes to report.

2:   FILE-ERROR - there were filesystem errors that prevented the folders from being compared.

3:   SYNTAX-ERROR - there were syntax errors with the command line arguments.