Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 02:11:25 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> Cc: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing diff's default output format Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912300208570.818-100000@alphplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912281347080.1577-100000@beppo.feral.com>
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On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Matthew Jacob wrote:
> That's hardly the point. The point here, which I won't defend very
> vigorously, is that there are maybe 10 basic Unix utilities, that should
> be default look pretty much the same across *all* Unix systems.
>
> There may be some POSIX collateral on this, if not SVID stuff- I'm too far
From a POSIX.2 draft:
P2> 4.17 diff - Compare two files
P2>
P2>
P2> 4.17.1 Synopsis
P2>
P2> diff [ -c | -e | -C n ] [-br] file1 file2
P2>
P2>
P2> 4.17.2 Description
P2>
P2> The diff utility shall compare the contents of file1 and file2 and write
P2> to standard output a list of changes necessary to convert file1 into
P2> file2. This list should be minimal. No output shall be produced if the
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
P2> files are identical.
Bruce
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