how to find out if a pdf file in a folder exist in another

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i'm finding difficulty in implementing a pdf comparison assignment. what i need to achieve is that i need to find out if the pdf exist in both folders. the number of pdf that i have is plenty. if no same pdf exist show a message. can this be done using javascript. please share if you have any reference

Posted 13-Jun-15 3:48am

Rahul Ramakrishnan

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Mehdi Gholam 13-Jun-15 12:32pm

Javascript in the browser or nodejs?

Rahul Ramakrishnan 14-Jun-15 6:26am

in browser

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Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) · Answer 1 · 2015-06-14T01:51:00

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Browser won't allow you to deal with file systems with JavaScript due to security restrictions.

So, this is not possible. But you can always check if the file is present in a folder on server with a server side language.

Posted 14-Jun-15 1:51am

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)