From:	mdruiter AT cs DOT vu DOT nl (Ruiter de M)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Bug in DJGPP port of diff?
Date:	23 Jun 1998 11:09:55 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii (eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il) wrote:
> > identical files
> > differ! I could understand both answers, but not both at once.

> You can hardly blame `diff' for the brain-damage of Microsoft-style
> text vs. binary files hassles.  What `diff' tries very hard to do is
> to provide useful results and leave you (and me) sane in all possible
> cases, and still report accurate output.

I just thought that `diff' contradicted itself. But I now understand,
because:

> But -q 
> implies binary reads, so the files compare different when you use -q
> (`cmp' would say that also).

Ah, I already thought so! I just didn't read the docs well enough I
think (*blush*).

> > Is this a bug or have I missed some documentation?

> You have missed a prolonged description of the ``binary files'' issue
> in the `diff' manual.  Look it up by typing this from the DOS prompt:
>        info diff Comparison Binary

Thanks.

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