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- # Automatically generated decoration file for /archive/contents/diff
- #
- # This file and any information not otherwise attributed is
- # Copyright 1995 by Ready-to-Run Software, Inc.
- #
- # All Rights Reserved
- #
- *DESCRIPTION*
- diff - GNU diff, diff3, sdiff, and cmp utilities - version 2.7
-
- This version of diff provides all the features of BSD's diff.
- It has many additional features, including:
-
- ignore changes that just insert or delete blank lines.
-
- in context format, for each unit of differences, show some of
- the last preceding line that matches the specified regexp.
-
- heuristics for fast handling of large files with many scattered
- small changes.
-
- ignore changes that just insert or delete lines that
- match the specified regexp.
-
- compare of entire directories
-
- print a tab rather than a space before the text of a line
- in normal or context format. This causes the alignment
- of tabs in the line to look normal.
-
- produce unified style output with # context lines (default 3).
- This style is like -c, but it is more compact because context
- lines are printed only once. Lines from just the first file
- are marked '-'; lines from just the second file are marked '+'.
-
- side-by-side output
-
- This version of diff3 has all of BSD diff3's features, with additional
- features.
-
- sdiff is used to merge two files interactively.
-
- cmp is used to show the offsets and line numbers where two files differ.
- cmp can also show all the characters that differ between the two files,
- side by side.
- .
- *LICENSE*
- GNU DIFF was written by Mike Haertel, David Hayes, Richard Stallman
- and Len Tower. The basic algorithm is described in: "An O(ND)
- Difference Algorithm and its Variations", Eugene Myers, Algorithmica
- Vol. 1 No. 2, 1986, p 251.
-
- Many bugs were fixed by Paul Eggert. The unified diff idea and format
- are from Wayne Davison.
-
- GNU diff is Copyright (C) Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- GNU diff is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
- any later version.
-
- GNU diff is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- .
-
- *FILEGROUP* Grouping:Shared: Heading:Info files:
- slib/emacs/info/diff.info
- slib/emacs/info/diff.info-1
- slib/emacs/info/diff.info-2
- slib/emacs/info/diff.info-3
- slib/emacs/info/diff.info-4
- .
-
- *FILEGROUP* Grouping:Shared: Heading:Texinfo files:
- texinfo/diff.texi
- .
-
- *FILEGROUP* Grouping:Shared: Heading:PostScript Format Documentation:
- doc/diff/diff.ps
- .
-
- *FILEGROUP* Grouping:Shared: Heading:DVI Format Documentation:
- doc/diff/diff.dvi
- .
-
- *FILEGROUP* Required
- bin/cmp
- bin/diff
- bin/diff3
- bin/sdiff
- .
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