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compare_file

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compare_file(a, b) public

Returns true if the contents of a file a and a file b are identical.

Bundler::FileUtils.compare_file('somefile', 'somefile')       #=> true
Bundler::FileUtils.compare_file('/dev/null', '/dev/urandom')  #=> false

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# File lib/bundler/vendor/fileutils/lib/fileutils.rb, line 725
  def compare_file(a, b)
    return false unless File.size(a) == File.size(b)
    File.open(a, 'rb') {|fa|
      File.open(b, 'rb') {|fb|
        return compare_stream(fa, fb)
      }
    }
  end