gDirCmp - A Simple Directory Compare and File Copy Utility


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2007.01.30	v0.8

* Ported to GTK+ 2.4.
* Added support for multiple Src-Dst directory pairs with the ability to 
  include/exclude in a report.
* Replaced the Src and Dst dropdowns with simple text entry boxes.
* Added a second listbox for the directories to be compared.  The program now 
  starts up with this new "dirbox" and the old listbox isn't displayed until 
  after the [Report] button is pressed.
* Updated AppReadWriteConfig() to include Src-Dst pairs.
* The old "Options" checkbox group is now called "Properties" to reflect the 
  fact that they're specific to Src-Dst pairs (no longer global).
* Moved AppCopy() code to the on_confirmdlg_btn_ok_clicked() callback.  The old 
  AppCopy() was small and only called from one place.
* Added some code to show a warning if Dst isn't writable.
* Added checks before attempting to copy items:
  - check if allowed to enter and write in destination directory
  - check if destination file (if it exists) is writable by user
* Added some documentation.
* Added code to automatically add an unlisted Src-Dst pair when the [Report] 
  button is pressed.
* Added code to automatically use the user's home directory for Src and Dst if 
  the Directories listbox is empty (e.g., when running this program for the 
  first time).

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2003.10.20	v0.7

* Replaced the GNOME-dependent code with calls to the GTK+ library.  The 
  removal of the GNOME library dependancy should make it easier to install 
  this program on non-RedHat-based systems.
* Removed the option of prompting before replacing files.  There were two 
  reasons for this: 
  (1) the prompt in gDirCmp v0.6 was implemented with a gnome_dialog_run() 
      routine which GTK+ doesn't seem to have an equivalent of.
  (2) gDirCmp's report shows which files already exist in the destination 
      directory, so the prompt was actually an unnecessary feature; if the 
      user didn't want to overwrite the file, it presumably wouldn't have 
      been selected.
* Added an option to make backups of existing files in destination directory.
* Added checks for existence of source and destination directories.

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2002.04.20	v0.6.1

* Fixed bug in directory copies.
* Copy code replaced with a call to system("cp...").

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2002.04.01	v0.6

* Fixed a bug in selections after sort.

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2002.03.26	v0.5

* Changed GUI to GNOME.  No longer using KDE interface because of compatibility
  issues (KDE 1 apps don't run on KDE 2.x and vice versa).

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????.??.??	previous versions

* First versions of this program were written for MS Windows sometime around
  1984-1985.  First Linux versions were written for KDE 1 sometime around
  2000-2001.