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[ubuntu] Meld Diff - directory comparison help?

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Yello! I'm having trouble interpretting the results from Meld Diff's directory comparison. I have 2 almost identical directories (each 30 GB) and they don't have exactly the same files and size (which they should) so I used meld diff to try to figure out why. After scanning, Meld Diff shows 2 panes. in the left pane, everything in the directory is listed and in bold GREEN color. in the right pane, the same stuff is listed but with a strikethrough and in grey color. Any Ideas? All I want to do is show the differences between the directories. Thanks in advance! (Hardware)

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Submitted by xskl on 01/25/2013

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