The data to be compared (html and javascript) is not on the filesystem, not directly anyway.  Its contained within the Drupal node stored in the mysql database.

 

My original question remains.  Is there a module to document Drupal configuration so that I may compare one Drupal instance with another?  I need information like what you see on the <admin><module> page that also includes configuration details on each module that has a configuration setting.  Ideally I could generate and save a report today and sometime in the future (when it breaks) generate another report, compare them and see what changed.

 

Bob

 

-----Original Message-----

From: John Summerfield

Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 8:47 AM

To: support@drupal.org

Subject: Re: [support] Site Documentation Module?

 

On 09/06/13 05:56, Bob Turner wrote:

> Thanks.

> When I use the quickdiff.com online tool, it tells me they are the same

> text making up the javascript.  I saw that as well.  I’ve come to the

> conclusion that there is something else on the page causing the

> javascript to fail.   There are many page differences as last dev

> refresh was around 5/1.  I only did a diff of the javascript paragraph.

> The page in question is rapidly changing as it refers to an event at the

> end of this month.   In case you are interested, here are the links to

> the pages in question.

 

The diff program I mentioned is the GNU version of the standard Unix

tool. It runs on the filesystem and can quickly show all the files that

differ and where they differ.

 

Looks like this:

20:47 [root@WebServer sites]# diff -ur chesswa.bak/ chesswa | head -20

Only in chesswa/drupal: drupal

Only in chesswa/drupal: favicon.ico

Only in chesswa.bak/drupal: .gitignore

Binary files chesswa.bak/drupal/misc/favicon.ico and

chesswa/drupal/misc/favicon.ico differ

diff -ur chesswa.bak/drupal/modules/image/image.admin.inc

chesswa/drupal/modules/image/image.admin.inc

--- chesswa.bak/drupal/modules/image/image.admin.inc    2013-04-04

05:29:52.000000000 +0800

+++ chesswa/drupal/modules/image/image.admin.inc        2013-05-18

09:54:37.292306299 +0800

@@ -772,11 +772,22 @@

    $original_attributes['style'] = 'width: ' . $original_width . 'px;

height: ' . $original_height . 'px;';

 

    // Set up preview file information.

+  ob_start();

    $preview_file = image_style_path($style['name'], $original_path);

+  print "<br> File: " .  $preview_file;

    if (!file_exists($preview_file)) {

      image_style_create_derivative($style, $original_path, $preview_file);

+    print "<br> now: " .  $preview_file;

+  }

+  if (!file_exists($preview_file)) {

+    print "<br> " . $preview_file . " still doesn't exist";

20:47 [root@WebServer sites]#

 

 

 

 

If those are identical, then that leaves your databases. I suppose

there's a point to the quickdiff site, but I don't see it.

 

 

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