Append to existing file option.

[lehigh]

I create a script to automate my compares of 12 folders. I was hoping to put all of that output into one file.
For instance:
folder-report layout:side-by-side options:display-mismatches append output-to:"C:\blah"

suggestions

[Chris]

Appending reports is on the wish list.

Right now the only way to append a report is to call the script with a batch file and have the batch file do the appending.

Somewhat related...

I'd like to do several comparisons and merge those into a single .html file. Now that's hard to do from a script, since the starting and ending HTML tags are included.

So it would also be really good if you could specify HTML output but not automatically exclude the starting and ending HTML tags.

[Chris]

Thank you for the suggestion, I added it to our entry for appending reports.

[bjfewell]

Related to generating HTML content:
I am comparing several large directories of HTML files. I have two requirements:
<ul type="square"> I would like to generate a directory comparison report, in HTML format, that lists new, deleted, and modified files. Each file name should link to the corresponding file (also in HTML format, displaying content only, as the file would appear in a browser).
For each modified file, I need a single file that merges the content of both versions of the file, and indicates added and deleted content separately (for example, new content marked with a yellow background, deleted content marked in red strikethrough).
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My current compare tool generates this type of output, but is pretty buggy and the reports require a lot of tweaking.

[Chris]

Thank you for the suggestion, I will add it to the wish list.

You may be able to get the colors and strikethrough effects using a custom style sheet with the HTML report option.

[bsadewicz]

Appending reports is on the wish list.

Right now the only way to append a report is to call the script with a batch file and have the batch file do the appending.



Any updates to this post since the 2.4 release?

[Chris]

Appending reports, and generating HTML reports without top and bottom tags for appending are both still on our wish list, but they haven't made it into version 2.4.

[bsadewicz]

Thanks for the update, guess I'll resort to a batch file.