I have two directory trees that are supposedly copies of each other. I need to compare not the contents of files but the permissions on them. Is there a tool that will compare two dir trees but compare the ACLs on files and directories, not the file contents themselves? I am on Windows Server.
How to Compare/Diff ACLs on Two Directory Trees
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Figured it out myself. Because Powershell works with .net objects rather than text, you need to use get-content to expose the contents of the text files. So to perform what I was trying to do in the question, use:
compare-object (get-content one.txt) (get-content two.txt)
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Best Answer
This tool may be your best bet http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318754