Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 00:22:03 -0800 (PST) From: Niels Jansen <nhjansen@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/36737: Man page/implementation inconsitency of diff -U Message-ID: <200204040822.g348M3S53145@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 36737 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Man page/implementation inconsitency of diff -U >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Apr 04 00:30:01 PST 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Niels Jansen >Release: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD rain.kas.enertel.nl 4.5-STABLE FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE #0: Wed Mar 27 11:17:20 CET 2002 root@rain.kas.enertel.nl:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/RAIN i386 >Description: Man page states that diff -U defaults to a context of 3 lines when a number of lines is not given. Not giving a number of lines however results in the following error: diff: invalid context length argument I know diff is contrib software, but i thought i'd send it in anyway. >How-To-Repeat: diff -U <fromfile> <tofile> >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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