The cmp Module

(Obsolete, Only in 1.5.2) The cmp module contains a function to compare two files, as Example 14-19 demonstrates.

Example 14-19. Using the cmp Module

File: cmp-example-1.py import cmp if cmp.cmp("samples/sample.au", "samples/sample.wav"): print "files are identical" else: print "files differ!" files differ!

In Python 2.0 and later, this module has been replaced by the filecmp module.