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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2000-02-03 15:26:16 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2000-02-03 15:26:16 (GMT)
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+"""Efficiently compare files, boolean outcome only (equal / not equal).
+
+Tricks (used in this order):
+ - Files with identical type, size & mtime are assumed to be clones
+ - Files with different type or size cannot be identical
+ - We keep a cache of outcomes of earlier comparisons
+ - We don't fork a process to run 'cmp' but read the files ourselves
+"""
+
+import os
+
+cache = {}
+
+def cmp(f1, f2, shallow=1):
+ """Compare two files, use the cache if possible.
+ Return 1 for identical files, 0 for different.
+ Raise exceptions if either file could not be statted, read, etc."""
+ s1, s2 = sig(os.stat(f1)), sig(os.stat(f2))
+ if s1[0] <> 8 or s2[0] <> 8:
+ # Either is a not a plain file -- always report as different
+ return 0
+ if shallow and s1 == s2:
+ # type, size & mtime match -- report same
+ return 1
+ if s1[:2] <> s2[:2]: # Types or sizes differ, don't bother
+ # types or sizes differ -- report different
+ return 0
+ # same type and size -- look in the cache
+ key = (f1, f2)
+ try:
+ cs1, cs2, outcome = cache[key]
+ # cache hit
+ if s1 == cs1 and s2 == cs2:
+ # cached signatures match
+ return outcome
+ # stale cached signature(s)
+ except KeyError:
+ # cache miss
+ pass
+ # really compare
+ outcome = do_cmp(f1, f2)
+ cache[key] = s1, s2, outcome
+ return outcome
+
+def sig(st):
+ """Return signature (i.e., type, size, mtime) from raw stat data
+ 0-5: st_mode, st_ino, st_dev, st_nlink, st_uid, st_gid
+ 6-9: st_size, st_atime, st_mtime, st_ctime"""
+ type = st[0] / 4096
+ size = st[6]
+ mtime = st[8]
+ return type, size, mtime
+
+def do_cmp(f1, f2):
+ """Compare two files, really."""
+ bufsize = 8*1024 # Could be tuned
+ fp1 = open(f1, 'rb')
+ fp2 = open(f2, 'rb')
+ while 1:
+ b1 = fp1.read(bufsize)
+ b2 = fp2.read(bufsize)
+ if b1 <> b2: return 0
+ if not b1: return 1