Message-Id:	<199906091612.LAA13076@darwin.sfbr.org>
Date:	Wed, 9 Jun 1999 11:12:49 -0500 (CDT)
From:	Jeff Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
Subject:	output from diff --binary
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Appended is a short script to be run under bash 1.14.7, and a
corresponding batch file for native DOS, illustrating a strange
output glitch in diff (GNU diffutils 2.7.1).  These scripts reliably
produce the expected behavior on my system (386/387; djgpp v2.02;
DOS 5.0).  It seems that the output produced by the `--binary' switch
lacks a terminal \n.  Can others confirm this behavior?  (Interestingly,
I do not see the problem if I redirect the output from the scripts.)

TIA,
jtw

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#!/bin/sh
echo "Test file 1" > foo
echo "Test file 2" > bar
diff --version

# case foo!=bar
diff -qs foo bar
diff -qs -a foo bar
diff -qs --text foo bar
diff -qs --binary foo bar
diff -qs --binary foo bar

# case foo==bar
cp -f foo bar
diff -qs foo bar
diff -qs -a foo bar
diff -qs --text foo bar
diff -qs --binary foo bar
diff -qs --binary foo bar

rm -f foo bar
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@echo off
echo "Test file 1" > foo
echo "Test file 2" > bar
diff --version

REM case foo!=bar
diff -qs foo bar
diff -qs -a foo bar
diff -qs --text foo bar
diff -qs --binary foo bar
diff -qs --binary foo bar

REM case foo==bar
cp -f foo bar
diff -qs foo bar
diff -qs -a foo bar
diff -qs --text foo bar
diff -qs --binary foo bar
diff -qs --binary foo bar

rm -f foo bar


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