Comparing Two Folders and its Subfolder batch file

Question

I have two folders that contain all the same files and subfolders, but the conents inside each file may have changed. I want to write a batch file that will search through each

Answer 1

I'm having better luck with the following batch file. The path names have to completely match though; so only the Drive Letter differs.

Mapping a shared network folder may make this easier. I can't say for sure for your case.

'--- setlocal set "folder1=D:\User\Public" set "Drv2=E:" set "fileMask=*"

setlocal
 set "folder1=:\\"
 set "Drv2=:"
 set "LogFile=\User\\"

ECHO "the '>' may OVER WRITE or make a ~NEW~ File for the results" > "%LogFile%"
ECHO " '>>' adds to the end of the file >> "%LogFile%"

FOR /R %folder1% %%A in ( *.* ) DO FC "%%A" "%Drv2%%%~pnxA" 1>> "%LogFile%" 2>&1

If you wish to note what is going to be the command for testing, you can try inserting ECHO after DO. You can drop the 1>>... stuff to see the result on screen, instead of having to open the output file.