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Re: How to diff a binary file?
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Rob Helmer |
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Re: How to diff a binary file? |
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Mon, 15 Jul 2002 14:23:36 -0700 |
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Hi Larry,
Hmm.. I never tried forcing diff to treat a binary as text.. sounds pretty
evil :)
I guess you'd want to redirect this to a file right away if there is
likely to be one or more non-printable characters.
And then, what could one really do with this output?
--
Rob
On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 12:49:48AM -0400, Larry Jones wrote:
> George xu writes:
> >
> > I have a binary file in cvs, How to diff the binary file?
>
> With "cvs diff". You may have to use -a (or --text) to convince diff to
> do more than just tell you they're different, and the result may or may
> not be meaningful, depending on what's really in the file.
>
> -Larry Jones
>
> Rats. I can't tell my gum from my Silly Putty. -- Calvin
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- How to diff a binary file?, George xu, 2002/07/14
- Re: How to diff a binary file?, Rob Helmer, 2002/07/15
- Re: How to diff a binary file?, Larry Jones, 2002/07/15
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