[Tutor] how can I compare a local directory or file with a remote one

[Kent Johnson]

Richard Querin wrote:
> I'm interested in writing a quick script that would run a diff-type
> command that would compare a local directory to a remote one to
> identify the changes in the files within that directory.
> 
> I was initially thinking that I would maybe use the linux diff command
> in conjunction with the wget command (or something similar) to create
> a local copy but that involves downloading files. Is there any way in
> python to do a similar thing but without having to download a copy of
> the remote files/directories?

What kind of access do you have to the remote directory? File server, 
ssh, ...

This might be interesting:
http://dirssync.sourceforge.net/

Kent