Re: patch to diff manpage - clarify "-x"

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 11:06:53PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
>   -x PAT  --exclude=PAT  Exclude files that match 
> PAT.1234567890123456789012345
>   -X FILE  --exclude-from=FILE  Exclude files that match any pattern in 
> FILE.12

OK, so I'll try:

-Exclude files that match PAT.
+When comparing directories, ignore files matching PAT.

-Exclude files that match any pattern in FILE.
+Likewise, patterns are read from FILE.
+Likewise, patterns are taken from FILE.

(I'm not sure which variant of the second sentence sounds better.)

Have a nice day,
        Stepan Kasal