Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:56:13 -0500 From: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> To: Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> Cc: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: diff regression Message-ID: <790a9fff0904110656m8505444gc25152129d63ef48@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49E09B9E.2010002@delphij.net> References: <200904091819.n39IJjDb027358@freefall.freebsd.org> <49E083AD.5030608@bsdforen.de> <49E09045.30904@delphij.net> <49E09258.1040103@bsdforen.de> <49E09B9E.2010002@delphij.net>
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On 4/11/09, Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> wrote: > |> | It used to say: > |> | -P When comparing directories, if a file appears only in > |> the second > |> | directory of the two, treat it as present but empty > |> in the > |> | other. > |> | > |> | Now it's gone. Regression? > |> > |> What's wrong with -N? > | > | Nothing, I just didn't know about -N. > > I'm not very sure, are the two option functionally same? According to the diff.1 man page -N (--new-file) Treat absent files as empty --unidirectional-new-file (-P) Treat absent first files as empty So it would seem the two options are different. Scot
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