From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 6 08:00:45 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C531416A4CE for ; Sat, 6 Dec 2003 08:00:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2621243FE5 for ; Sat, 6 Dec 2003 08:00:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hB6G0aFY009858 for ; Sat, 6 Dec 2003 08:00:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id hB6G0aGm009857; Sat, 6 Dec 2003 08:00:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 08:00:36 -0800 (PST) Resent-Message-Id: <200312061600.hB6G0aGm009857@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Erik Greenwald Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDED916A4CE for ; Sat, 6 Dec 2003 07:57:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from phoenix.smluc.org (phoenix.smluc.org [12.28.48.119]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C61D643FD7 for ; Sat, 6 Dec 2003 07:57:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from erik@phoenix.smluc.org) Received: (qmail 6748 invoked by uid 1000); 6 Dec 2003 15:57:42 -0000 Message-Id: <20031206155742.6747.qmail@phoenix.smluc.org> Date: 6 Dec 2003 15:57:42 -0000 From: Erik Greenwald To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 cc: erik@smluc.org Subject: docs/59991: diff manpage lacks a return value section X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Erik Greenwald List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 16:00:45 -0000 >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: