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class method

FileUtils.identical?

identical?(a, b)

Alias of .compare_file

Returns true if the contents of a file a and a file b are identical.

Example
FileUtils.compare_file('somefile', 'somefile')       #=> true
FileUtils.compare_file('/dev/null', '/dev/urandom')  #=> false
See also .compare_file #identical? .have_option? .install also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0