Date: 6 Dec 2003 15:57:42 -0000 From: Erik Greenwald <erik@smluc.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: erik@smluc.org Subject: docs/59991: diff manpage lacks a return value section Message-ID: <20031206155742.6747.qmail@phoenix.smluc.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200312061600.hB6G0aGm009857@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 59991 >Category: docs >Synopsis: diff manpage lacks a return value section >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Dec 06 08:00:36 PST 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Erik Greenwald >Release: FreeBSD 5.2-BETA i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD fenris 5.2-BETA FreeBSD 5.2-BETA #0: Fri Nov 28 06:07:45 EST 2003 root@fenris:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/FENRIS i386 >Description: No text indicates what return values to expect from diff... >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: --- diff.1.patch begins here --- --- gnu/usr.bin/diff/diff.1.orig Sat Dec 6 10:48:42 2003 +++ gnu/usr.bin/diff/diff.1 Sat Dec 6 10:54:16 2003 @@ -474,6 +474,10 @@ .TP .B \-y Use the side by side output format. +.SH RETURN VALUE +.I diff +returns a 0 if the files are identical or a 1 if the files differ. If one or +both of the files cannot be opened, then the return value is set to 2. .SH ENVIRONMENT The environment variable .B DIFF_OPTIONS --- diff.1.patch ends here --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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