diff --git a/Lib/filecmp.py b/Lib/filecmp.py
index e1a30bc..7060c99 100644
--- a/Lib/filecmp.py
+++ b/Lib/filecmp.py
@@ -1,57 +1,318 @@
-"""Compare files."""
+"""Utilities for comparing files and directories.
 
-import os, stat, statcache
+Classes:
+    dircmp
+
+Functions:
+    cmp(f1, f2, shallow=1, use_statcache=0) -> int
+    cmpfiles(a, b, common) -> ([], [], [])
+
+"""
+
+import os
+import stat
+import statcache
 
 _cache = {}
 BUFSIZE=8*1024
 
-def cmp(f1, f2, shallow=1,use_statcache=0): 
-	"""Compare two files.
+def cmp(f1, f2, shallow=1,use_statcache=0):
+    """Compare two files.
 
-	Arguments:
+    Arguments:
 
-	f1 -- First file name
+    f1 -- First file name
 
-	f2 -- Second file name
+    f2 -- Second file name
 
-	shallow -- Just check stat signature (do not read the files).
-	           defaults to 1.
+    shallow -- Just check stat signature (do not read the files).
+               defaults to 1.
 
-	use_statcache -- Do not stat() each file directly: go through
-	                 the statcache module for more efficiency.
+    use_statcache -- Do not stat() each file directly: go through
+                     the statcache module for more efficiency.
 
-	Return value:
+    Return value:
 
-	integer -- 1 if the files are the same, 0 otherwise.
+    integer -- 1 if the files are the same, 0 otherwise.
 
-	This function uses a cache for past comparisons and the results,
-	with a cache invalidation mechanism relying on stale signatures.
-	Of course, if 'use_statcache' is true, this mechanism is defeated,
-	and the cache will never grow stale.
+    This function uses a cache for past comparisons and the results,
+    with a cache invalidation mechanism relying on stale signatures.
+    Of course, if 'use_statcache' is true, this mechanism is defeated,
+    and the cache will never grow stale.
 
-	"""
-	stat_function = (os.stat, statcache.stat)[use_statcache]
-	s1, s2 = _sig(stat_function(f1)), _sig(stat_function(f2))
-	if s1[0]!=stat.S_IFREG or s2[0]!=stat.S_IFREG: return 0
-	if shallow and s1 == s2: return 1
-	if s1[1]!=s2[1]:         return 0
+    """
+    stat_function = (os.stat, statcache.stat)[use_statcache]
+    s1, s2 = _sig(stat_function(f1)), _sig(stat_function(f2))
+    if s1[0]!=stat.S_IFREG or s2[0]!=stat.S_IFREG: return 0
+    if shallow and s1 == s2: return 1
+    if s1[1]!=s2[1]:         return 0
 
-	result = _cache.get((f1, f2))
-	if result and (s1, s2)==result[:2]:
-		return result[2]
-	outcome = _do_cmp(f1, f2)
-	_cache[f1, f2] = s1, s2, outcome
-	return outcome
+    result = _cache.get((f1, f2))
+    if result and (s1, s2)==result[:2]:
+        return result[2]
+    outcome = _do_cmp(f1, f2)
+    _cache[f1, f2] = s1, s2, outcome
+    return outcome
 
 def _sig(st):
-	return (stat.S_IFMT(st[stat.ST_MODE]), 
-	        st[stat.ST_SIZE], 
-	        st[stat.ST_MTIME])
+    return (stat.S_IFMT(st[stat.ST_MODE]),
+            st[stat.ST_SIZE],
+            st[stat.ST_MTIME])
 
 def _do_cmp(f1, f2):
-	bufsize = BUFSIZE
-	fp1 , fp2 = open(f1, 'rb'), open(f2, 'rb')
-	while 1:
-		b1, b2 = fp1.read(bufsize), fp2.read(bufsize)
-		if b1!=b2: return 0
-		if not b1: return 1
+    bufsize = BUFSIZE
+    fp1 , fp2 = open(f1, 'rb'), open(f2, 'rb')
+    while 1:
+        b1, b2 = fp1.read(bufsize), fp2.read(bufsize)
+        if b1!=b2: return 0
+        if not b1: return 1
+
+# Directory comparison class.
+#
+class dircmp:
+    """A class that manages the comparison of 2 directories.
+
+    dircmp(a,b,ignore=None,hide=None)
+      A and B are directories.
+      IGNORE is a list of names to ignore,
+        defaults to ['RCS', 'CVS', 'tags'].
+      HIDE is a list of names to hide,
+        defaults to [os.curdir, os.pardir].
+
+    High level usage:
+      x = dircmp(dir1, dir2)
+      x.report() -> prints a report on the differences between dir1 and dir2
+       or
+      x.report_partial_closure() -> prints report on differences between dir1
+            and dir2, and reports on common immediate subdirectories.
+      x.report_full_closure() -> like report_partial_closure,
+            but fully recursive.
+
+    Attributes:
+     left_list, right_list: The files in dir1 and dir2,
+        filtered by hide and ignore.
+     common: a list of names in both dir1 and dir2.
+     left_only, right_only: names only in dir1, dir2.
+     common_dirs: subdirectories in both dir1 and dir2.
+     common_files: files in both dir1 and dir2.
+     common_funny: names in both dir1 and dir2 where the type differs between
+        dir1 and dir2, or the name is not stat-able.
+     same_files: list of identical files.
+     diff_files: list of filenames which differ.
+     funny_files: list of files which could not be compared.
+     subdirs: a dictionary of dircmp objects, keyed by names in common_dirs.
+     """
+
+    def __init__(self, a, b, ignore=None, hide=None): # Initialize
+        self.left = a
+        self.right = b
+        if hide is None:
+            self.hide = [os.curdir, os.pardir] # Names never to be shown
+        else:
+            self.hide = hide
+        if ignore is None:
+            self.ignore = ['RCS', 'CVS', 'tags'] # Names ignored in comparison
+        else:
+            self.ignore = ignore
+
+    def phase0(self): # Compare everything except common subdirectories
+        self.left_list = _filter(os.listdir(self.left),
+                                 self.hide+self.ignore)
+        self.right_list = _filter(os.listdir(self.right),
+                                  self.hide+self.ignore)
+        self.left_list.sort()
+        self.right_list.sort()
+
+    __p4_attrs = ('subdirs',)
+    __p3_attrs = ('same_files', 'diff_files', 'funny_files')
+    __p2_attrs = ('common_dirs', 'common_files', 'common_funny')
+    __p1_attrs = ('common', 'left_only', 'right_only')
+    __p0_attrs = ('left_list', 'right_list')
+
+    def __getattr__(self, attr):
+        if attr in self.__p4_attrs:
+            self.phase4()
+        elif attr in self.__p3_attrs:
+            self.phase3()
+        elif attr in self.__p2_attrs:
+            self.phase2()
+        elif attr in self.__p1_attrs:
+            self.phase1()
+        elif attr in self.__p0_attrs:
+            self.phase0()
+        else:
+            raise AttributeError, attr
+        return getattr(self, attr)
+
+    def phase1(self): # Compute common names
+        a_only, b_only = [], []
+        common = {}
+        b = {}
+        for fnm in self.right_list:
+            b[fnm] = 1
+        for x in self.left_list:
+            if b.get(x, 0):
+                common[x] = 1
+            else:
+                a_only.append(x)
+        for x in self.right_list:
+            if common.get(x, 0):
+                pass
+            else:
+                b_only.append(x)
+        self.common = common.keys()
+        self.left_only = a_only
+        self.right_only = b_only
+
+    def phase2(self): # Distinguish files, directories, funnies
+        self.common_dirs = []
+        self.common_files = []
+        self.common_funny = []
+
+        for x in self.common:
+            a_path = os.path.join(self.left, x)
+            b_path = os.path.join(self.right, x)
+
+            ok = 1
+            try:
+                a_stat = statcache.stat(a_path)
+            except os.error, why:
+                # print 'Can\'t stat', a_path, ':', why[1]
+                ok = 0
+            try:
+                b_stat = statcache.stat(b_path)
+            except os.error, why:
+                # print 'Can\'t stat', b_path, ':', why[1]
+                ok = 0
+
+            if ok:
+                a_type = stat.S_IFMT(a_stat[stat.ST_MODE])
+                b_type = stat.S_IFMT(b_stat[stat.ST_MODE])
+                if a_type <> b_type:
+                    self.common_funny.append(x)
+                elif stat.S_ISDIR(a_type):
+                    self.common_dirs.append(x)
+                elif stat.S_ISREG(a_type):
+                    self.common_files.append(x)
+                else:
+                    self.common_funny.append(x)
+            else:
+                self.common_funny.append(x)
+
+    def phase3(self): # Find out differences between common files
+        xx = cmpfiles(self.left, self.right, self.common_files)
+        self.same_files, self.diff_files, self.funny_files = xx
+
+    def phase4(self): # Find out differences between common subdirectories
+        # A new dircmp object is created for each common subdirectory,
+        # these are stored in a dictionary indexed by filename.
+        # The hide and ignore properties are inherited from the parent
+        self.subdirs = {}
+        for x in self.common_dirs:
+            a_x = os.path.join(self.left, x)
+            b_x = os.path.join(self.right, x)
+            self.subdirs[x]  = dircmp(a_x, b_x, self.ignore, self.hide)
+
+    def phase4_closure(self): # Recursively call phase4() on subdirectories
+        self.phase4()
+        for x in self.subdirs.keys():
+            self.subdirs[x].phase4_closure()
+
+    def report(self): # Print a report on the differences between a and b
+        # Output format is purposely lousy
+        print 'diff', self.left, self.right
+        if self.left_only:
+            self.left_only.sort()
+            print 'Only in', self.left, ':', self.left_only
+        if self.right_only:
+            self.right_only.sort()
+            print 'Only in', self.right, ':', self.right_only
+        if self.same_files:
+            self.same_files.sort()
+            print 'Identical files :', self.same_files
+        if self.diff_files:
+            self.diff_files.sort()
+            print 'Differing files :', self.diff_files
+        if self.funny_files:
+            self.funny_files.sort()
+            print 'Trouble with common files :', self.funny_files
+        if self.common_dirs:
+            self.common_dirs.sort()
+            print 'Common subdirectories :', self.common_dirs
+        if self.common_funny:
+            self.common_funny.sort()
+            print 'Common funny cases :', self.common_funny
+
+    def report_partial_closure(self): # Print reports on self and on subdirs
+        self.report()
+        for x in self.subdirs.keys():
+            print
+            self.subdirs[x].report()
+
+    def report_full_closure(self): # Report on self and subdirs recursively
+        self.report()
+        for x in self.subdirs.keys():
+            print
+            self.subdirs[x].report_full_closure()
+
+
+# Compare common files in two directories.
+# Return:
+#	- files that compare equal
+#	- files that compare different
+#	- funny cases (can't stat etc.)
+#
+def cmpfiles(a, b, common):
+    """Compare common files in two directories.
+
+    cmpfiles(a,b,common)
+      A and B are directory names
+      COMMON is a list of file names
+    returns a tuple of three lists:
+      files that compare equal
+      files that are different
+      filenames that aren't regular files."""
+
+    res = ([], [], [])
+    for x in common:
+        res[_cmp(os.path.join(a, x), os.path.join(b, x))].append(x)
+    return res
+
+
+# Compare two files.
+# Return:
+#	0 for equal
+#	1 for different
+#	2 for funny cases (can't stat, etc.)
+#
+def _cmp(a, b):
+    try:
+        return not abs(cmp(a, b))
+    except os.error:
+        return 2
+
+
+# Return a copy with items that occur in skip removed.
+#
+def _filter(list, skip):
+    result = []
+    for item in list:
+        if item not in skip: result.append(item)
+    return result
+
+
+# Demonstration and testing.
+#
+def demo():
+    import sys
+    import getopt
+    options, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'r')
+    if len(args) <> 2: raise getopt.error, 'need exactly two args'
+    dd = dircmp(args[0], args[1])
+    if ('-r', '') in options:
+        dd.report_full_closure()
+    else:
+        dd.report()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    demo()