Re: problem with comm

[Philip Rowlands]

On Fri, 12 May 2006, Etcheverry, William (Bill) wrote:

> > comm -1 -3 File1 File2
> ...
> components.applayer\osf\regtest\asc\comm\sat\rel99\4_12_1_osf.asc
> components.applayer\osf\regtest\asc\comm\sat\rel99\4_12_3_osf.asc
> ...
>
> Is there some sort of "sort" problem going on here?

Possibly. On my computer, the file contents you gave are not sorted 
according to the "C" locale.

> version 2.0.21
>
> Do I need a new version?

The address you mailed, address@hidden, and the version string 
suggest your system has a fairly old version of comm. (bug-coreutils now 
covers the combined suite of what used to be textutils, fileutils, and 
sh-utils.)

However, I'm not sure that upgrading will help here. I'd suggest sorting 
both files and running comm in the same environment, and if that doesn't 
work, try a newer coreutils release.


Cheers,
Phil