CIME.hist_utils.compare_test

CIME.hist_utils.compare_test(case, suffix1, suffix2, ignore_fieldlist_diffs=False)

Compares two sets of component history files in the testcase directory

case - The case containing the hist files to compare suffix1 - The suffix that identifies the first batch of hist files suffix1 - The suffix that identifies the second batch of hist files ignore_fieldlist_diffs (bool): If True, then: If the two cases differ only in their

field lists (i.e., all shared fields are bit-for-bit, but one case has some diagnostic fields that are missing from the other case), treat the two cases as identical.

returns (SUCCESS, comments, num_compared)