The following is an example of a compare report:
PDS Catalog Ingestion Tool Report Version 0.2.0 Date Fri, May 29 2009 at 01:23:36 PM Parameter Settings: Mode Compare Target(s) Source = file:/c:/catalog-files/diff/dir1/ Target = file:/c:/catalog-files/diff/dir2/ Severity Level WARNING Summary: [X] Differences Found [ ] No Differences Found Compare Details: DIFFERENT: file:/c:/catalog-files/diff/dir2/DATASET.CAT WARNING line 2: Element RECORD_TYPE has different value than source Source: line 13: file:/c:/catalog-files/diff/dir1/DATASET.CAT 13c2 < FIXED_LENGTH > STREAM WARNING line 3: Element LABEL_REVISION_NOTE has different value than source Source: line 2: file:/c:/catalog-files/diff/dir1/DATASET.CAT 12d13 < 2005-07-29 RS:simpson incorporated aerobraking data WARNING line 31: Element ARCHIVE_STATUS not present in source WARNING line 28: Element DATA_SET_TERSE_DESC not present in source WARNING line 32: Element CITATION_DESC not present in source ERROR Object DATA_SET_TARGET not present in target Source: line 774: file:/c:/catalog-files/diff/dir1/DATASET.CAT WARNING line 782: Object DATA_SET_TARGET not present in source SAME: file:/c:/catalog-files/diff/dir2/MISSION.CAT End of Report