FFS and file diff on mac osx

Posts: 9 · jainraje 17 Jul 2018, 01:30

Hi, I'm a new user of FreeFileSync (FFS). Any users out there with successful integration of FFS with a file diff tool on a mac?

I'm open to invoking a command-line diff but would prefer invoking a GUI diff tool.

Any suggestions or guidance are welcome.

TIA,

Posts: 7213 · Zenju 17 Jul 2018, 10:02

I've updated the manual to include "opendiff" on macOS:
https://freefilesync.org/manual.php?topic=external-applications

Posts: 9 · jainraje 28 Jul 2018, 07:47

very nice.

btw, for MC OSX there is no Menu → Tools → Options → Customize option. Must add the macros to Menu -> FreeFileSync -> preferences. This was not clear to me since the user guide showed Menu -> Tools -> Options. Maybe you can update for other users?

Posts: 9 · jainraje 7 Sep 2018, 00:32

Hi,

Using the same method above of including "opendiff" to the context menu, I tried to add "diffmerge" but it does not open the files?

Here are my command-lines:
opendiff "%local_path%" "%local_path2%"
diffmerge "% local_path%" "% local_path%"

From a terminal the following works perfectly:
diffmerge <full file1 name> <full file2 name>

Will you please advise or help debug?

Thank-you,
--Rajeev