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Re: cmp: output of differing byte values in octal is undocumented and ma
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Eric Blake |
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Re: cmp: output of differing byte values in octal is undocumented and may not be apparent |
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Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:02:46 -0700 |
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According to Andreas Schwab on 2/4/2008 2:52 AM:
| `-l'
| `--verbose'
| Output the (decimal) byte numbers and (octal) values of all
| differing bytes, instead of the default standard output. Also,
| output the EOF message if one file is shorter than the other.
Well, that quote came from POSIX and/or 'info cmp', but is not mentioned
in 'cmp --help'. At any rate, this behavior is standardized by POSIX:
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/cmp.html
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Eric Blake address@hidden
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