Recursively compare two directories to ensure they have the same files and subdirectories

Question

From what I observe filecmp.dircmp is recursive, but inadequate for my needs, at least in py2. I want to compare two directories and all their contained files. Do

Answer 1

Here a simple solution with a recursive function :

import filecmp

def same_folders(dcmp):
    if dcmp.diff_files:
        return False
    for sub_dcmp in dcmp.subdirs.values():
        if not same_folders(sub_dcmp):
            return False
    return True

same_folders(filecmp.dircmp('/tmp/archive1', '/tmp/archive2'))