Question

I will have 2 directories, folder1 with a set files list, and folder2 with the same set file list but with more files. I need to get folder2’s “other files”
Does something exist like file compare (fc) for directories to return the differences?

EDIT I am currently creating 2 lists using dir and then doing a file compare. Now I just need to parse the output of the fc to only contain the file names.

fc /a "C:\whatever\text1.txt" "C:\whatever\text2.txt" >> "C:\whatever\differences.txt"

Answer 1

First do a dir /s on both folders. Then use fc /a to compare the results.

For anything better than that (depending in your needs) you’ll need a specialized tool. For instance have a look at Windiff or WinMerge.