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+#!/bin/bash
+# Compares two mars
+
+marA="$1"
+marB="$2"
+testDir="$3"
+workdir="/tmp/diffmar/$testDir"
+fromdir="$workdir/0"
+todir="$workdir/1"
+
+# On Windows, creation time can be off by a second or more between the files in
+# the fromdir and todir due to them being extracted synchronously so use
+# time-style and exclude seconds from the creation time.
+lsargs="-algR"
+unamestr=`uname`
+if [ ! "$unamestr" = 'Darwin' ]; then
+  unamestr=`uname -o`
+  if [ "$unamestr" = 'Msys' -o "$unamestr" = "Cygwin" ]; then
+     lsargs="-algR --time-style=+%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M"
+  fi
+fi
+
+rm -rf "$workdir"
+mkdir -p "$fromdir"
+mkdir -p "$todir"
+
+cp "$1" "$fromdir"
+cp "$2" "$todir"
+
+cd "$fromdir"
+mar -x "$1"
+rm "$1"
+rm -f updatev2.manifest  # Older files may contain this
+mv updatev3.manifest updatev3.manifest.xz
+xz -d updatev3.manifest.xz
+ls $lsargs > files.txt
+
+cd "$todir"
+mar -x "$2"
+rm "$2"
+mv updatev3.manifest updatev3.manifest.xz
+xz -d updatev3.manifest.xz
+ls $lsargs > files.txt
+
+echo "diffing $fromdir and $todir"
+echo "on linux shell sort and python sort return different results"
+echo "which can cause differences in the manifest files"
+diff -ru "$fromdir" "$todir"