Problem with SCRIPTS, or need for file compare function

eric · Post by **eric** » 2005 Aug 23, 16:15

First, this programm is great.

I only miss one functionality: Comparing 2 files, and showing
the differences for this 2 files.
(My purpose is to compare two MP3 files, to see if the difference is only in the TAG contents, or also in the music...)

So i try to use the script function, to call an external compare tool, but i can't get it to work with one of the file names, or path in the INACTIVE window.

the tokens
L_PATH R_PATH I_PATH Q_PATH and G_PATH
are not resolved by the real name...

Did i miss something ?
Version = 1.3.0.2 LITE in FRENCH

Post by **nikos** » 2005 Aug 23, 16:48

what's the exact command pattern you are using?
note that some tokens are not resolved in the previewer but they are properly resolved nevertheless before the script is executed. Use edit button to see how the final script looks like

eric · Post by **eric** » 2005 Aug 23, 17:41

Thanks for your tip.
I dont know what i did wrong, now it works, (but still not in the preview, perhaps in the next version...)

My command:
D:\UTIL\compare_files.exe "$R\$N" "$L\$N"

or simply for DOS:
fc "$R\$N" "$L\$N"

For the rest of the question,
is it planned to implement such a comparison functionality with view of the differences found, for Text files, Mp3 files (Tags), or anything else.
I think this would be a nice feature...

Post by **nikos** » 2005 Aug 23, 18:48

i know nothing about contents of most file formats like mp3 so a built-in comparison feature isn't on the cards