From owner-freebsd-current Wed Nov 1 02:59:23 1995 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id CAA09306 for current-outgoing; Wed, 1 Nov 1995 02:59:23 -0800 Received: from apollo.COSC.GOV (root@apollo.COSC.GOV [198.94.103.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id CAA09300 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 1995 02:59:19 -0800 Received: (from vince@localhost) by apollo.COSC.GOV (8.6.12/8.6.9) id CAA16916; Wed, 1 Nov 1995 02:55:58 -0800 Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 02:55:57 -0800 (PST) From: -Vince- To: Ollivier Robert cc: jc@irbs.com, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 update In-Reply-To: <199511010951.KAA15481@keltia.freenix.fr> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 1 Nov 1995, Ollivier Robert wrote: > It seems that -Vince- said: > > I know what you mean but what does the > and < and other stuff > > mean from the diff output? > > the "<" means these lines are from the first file and the ">" that they > come from the second. > > Anyway, what you want is either "diff -u" or "diff -c" output. Both are > easier to read. Unified diffs ("-u") are smaller. You will see easily what > has changed and what was added/removed. > > "-c" will give you lines preceded by "+"/"-" for added removed and "!" for > changed lines in separate area for both files. > > "-u" will give you only "+"/"-" but there is only one area displayed (so > they are smaller). Oh okay, Thanks for the detailed information! =) Cheers, -Vince- vince@COSC.GOV - GUS Mailing Lists Admin UC Berkeley AstroPhysics - Electrical Engineering (Honorary B.S.) Chabot Observatory & Science Center - Board of Advisors Running FreeBSD - Real UN*X for Free! Linda Wong/Vivian Chow/Hacken Lee/Danny Chan Fan Club Mailiing Lists Admin