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Re: Bug diff: no difference between 0 byte files and no files.
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: Bug diff: no difference between 0 byte files and no files. |
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Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:57:50 +0200 |
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"J.C. Pizarro" <address@hidden> writes:
> 2007/7/31, Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> wrote:
>> "J.C. Pizarro" <address@hidden> writes:
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>> > Differences between dir1 and dir2 from diff:
>> > Only in dir1: empty.out
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>> This is exactly how POSIX requires the output to be.
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> Do you joke?
Why do you think so?
> No date info?
> No owner info?
> No unix's permissions/mask info?
What does this have to do with diff?
$ diff --help
Usage: diff [OPTION]... FILES
Compare files line by line.
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Andreas.
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