[rdiff-backup-users] Re: Can rdiff-backup produce diff file for two directory?

[netawater]

netawater <address@hidden> writes:

> Andrew Ferguson <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> On May 26, 2008, at 8:27 AM, netawater wrote:
>>
>>> rdiff-backup can be used for incremental backup and reverse diffs
>>> are stored
>>> in a special subdirectory of that backup directory, so is it
>>> possible to
>>> produce diff files for two directory not just for different time of
>>> one
>>> directory.
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> You don't want to use rdiff-backup for that. Use the 'diff' command
>> with the -r option (recursive).
>>
>> See the diff man page for more info: http://linux.die.net/man/1/diff
>>
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>>
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> Thank you for your reply.
>
> diff -r can only tell me the difference for only text files one by one, 
> however what I need is the diffs between two directory and the one directory
> can be restores into the other directory by using this diffs like incremental
> backup.
>
>
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Can somebody help me?

If rdiff-backup can produce incremental backup for different time of 
one directory, it should produce diff between two directory, Is it right?