Re: cmp man page bug

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 08:43:16 +0100
> From: Stepan Kasal <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 10:40:14PM +0100, Bernhard Kuemel wrote:
> >               info diff
> >        should give you access to the complete manual.
> ... 
> > I guess that should be 'info cmp'. Or are cmp and diff the same 
> > program?
> 
> they are distributed in the same package.
> 
> It is supposed that ``info diff'' shows you the beginning (top node) of
> the manual of the package.  To see the option summary of the commands, use
> 
>       info -O diff
> or
>       info -O cmp

Actually, on my system, "info cmp" does exactly the Right Thing.  That
works because the file DIR has this line:

  * cmp: (diff)Invoking cmp.    Find first difference.

So I think the OP is right: the manual should say "info cmp".  The
only improvement in the wording might be the ``complete manual'' part:
the command "info cmp" displays the command-line options, not the
complete manual of cmp.