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COMPARE is a simple tool which will read two files,
a block at a time, until one or both reach end-of-file,
or until a byte-wise comparison of the blocks just read
fails to match. On complteion, you are informed of the
number of bytes in the files (if they were both of the
same size and all bytes matched) or the number of bytes
that were read before a mismatch occurred.
No fantistic and sophisticated search algorithms are used
to attempt re-synchronisation after a miss-match.
The utility is quite handy when you have a few versions
of a file hanging around and don't know if they are the
same or not.
"COMPARE.COM" and "COMPARE.ASM" appear on CPMUG #40. As
no Documentation file appears, we have written this short
explaination. If you want to obtain and modify the source
code file, be warned that it contains MACROS from DR's
"SEQIO.LIB" and requires "MAC.COM" for assembly.