unix folx: i have two directories of about 70k files each and i want to diff them at file granularity such that the diff output goes into a new directory as a "patch" applied onto the newer directory. how do this
they're binary files, i don't mean .patch patch, i mean "here's a directory of all the files that are different in the newer directory compared to the older directory"
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here's why i need to do this "patch file set" thing