Date:	Thu, 10 Jun 1999 11:02:58 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Jeff Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: output from diff --binary
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On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Jeff Williams wrote:

> 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.

Could you please explain how do you invoke these scripts, and what
effects, including any messages from Diff, do you see that seem to be
incorrect?  It's okay to post test scripts, but without knowing what
do they produce on your system, how can I tell whether or not I've
succeeded to reproduce the problem?

Your message also says that ``these scripts reliably produce the
expected behavior'', so I'm led to beleive that there's nothing wrong
with Diff; however, you still say something IS wrong.

FWIW, I don't see anything unusual when I run these commands on my
system.  But my notion of ``unusual'' might be different from yours.

> (Interestingly, I do not see the problem if I redirect the output
> from the scripts.)

Again, without the precise command line you used to redirect the
output, and without a description of the produced effect, this
information is meaningless.

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