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class method

FileUtils.cmp

cmp(a, b)

Alias of .compare_file

Returns true if the contents of files a and b are identical, false otherwise.

Arguments a and b should be interpretable as a path.

FileUtils.identical? and FileUtils.cmp are aliases for FileUtils.compare_file.

Related: FileUtils.compare_stream.

See also .compare_file #cmp .chown_R .collect_method also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0