Compare binary files in C#
static bool FileEquals(string fileName1, string fileName2)
{
// Check the file size and CRC equality here.. if they are equal...
using (var file1 = new FileStream(fileName1, FileMode.Open))
using (var file2 = new FileStream(fileName2, FileMode.Open))
return FileStreamEquals(file1, file2);
}
static bool FileStreamEquals(Stream stream1, Stream stream2)
{
const int bufferSize = 2048;
byte[] buffer1 = new byte[bufferSize]; //buffer size
byte[] buffer2 = new byte[bufferSize];
while (true) {
int count1 = stream1.Read(buffer1, 0, bufferSize);
int count2 = stream2.Read(buffer2, 0, bufferSize);
if (count1 != count2)
return false;
if (count1 == 0)
return true;
// You might replace the following with an efficient "memcmp"
if (!buffer1.Take(count1).SequenceEqual(buffer2.Take(count2)))
return false;
}
}
I sped up the "memcmp" by using a Int64 compare in a loop over the read stream chunks. This reduced time to about 1/4.
private static bool StreamsContentsAreEqual(Stream stream1, Stream stream2)
{
const int bufferSize = 2048 * 2;
var buffer1 = new byte[bufferSize];
var buffer2 = new byte[bufferSize];
while (true)
{
int count1 = stream1.Read(buffer1, 0, bufferSize);
int count2 = stream2.Read(buffer2, 0, bufferSize);
if (count1 != count2)
{
return false;
}
if (count1 == 0)
{
return true;
}
int iterations = (int)Math.Ceiling((double)count1 / sizeof(Int64));
for (int i = 0; i < iterations; i++)
{
if (BitConverter.ToInt64(buffer1, i * sizeof(Int64)) != BitConverter.ToInt64(buffer2, i * sizeof(Int64)))
{
return false;
}
}
}
}
This is how I would do it if you didn't want to rely on crc:
/// <summary>
/// Binary comparison of two files
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fileName1">the file to compare</param>
/// <param name="fileName2">the other file to compare</param>
/// <returns>a value indicateing weather the file are identical</returns>
public static bool CompareFiles(string fileName1, string fileName2)
{
FileInfo info1 = new FileInfo(fileName1);
FileInfo info2 = new FileInfo(fileName2);
bool same = info1.Length == info2.Length;
if (same)
{
using (FileStream fs1 = info1.OpenRead())
using (FileStream fs2 = info2.OpenRead())
using (BufferedStream bs1 = new BufferedStream(fs1))
using (BufferedStream bs2 = new BufferedStream(fs2))
{
for (long i = 0; i < info1.Length; i++)
{
if (bs1.ReadByte() != bs2.ReadByte())
{
same = false;
break;
}
}
}
}
return same;
}