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- From: bmathai@neosoft.com
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: >> File Compare Algorithm <<
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 03:34:38 GMT
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- Well, the reason why I was asking is that I want to write one
- specifically for Windows use. I know of MS DOS's fc, but I need a
- program that our testing environment doesn't have to "drop to DOS" to
- execute. It slows down the process... thanks for the information.
-
- Mike Lay <m.lay1@uk.ac.ox.physics> wrote:
-
- >bmathai@neosoft.com wrote:
- >>
- >> I'm new to C programming and need some help.
- >>
- >> Does anyone know of a source where I may obtain a file compare
- >> algorithm for text files? Not a binary compare algorithm, but a line
- >> by line comparison. One that can "calibrate" itself after coming
- >> across mismatches in 2 files. If you could PLEASE email me your
- >> response as I don't know if I can frequent this newsgroup often.
- >> Thanks in advance!
-
- >Not really a C question. The answer rather depends on your o/s.
-
- >VMS: diff [file list]
- >UNIX: diff [file list]
- >DOS: fc.exe
-
- >--
- >Mike Lay
- >SubDepartment of Nuclear and Particle Physics
- >University of Oxford
- >"My words, not theirs"
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- Biju Mathai (bmathai@neosoft.com) http://www.neosoft.com/~bmathai
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- "Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all"
- -- John Fitzgerald Kennedy
-
- "John never saw my computer..."
- -- Biju Mathai
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