Re: diff display

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 09/10/08 18:49, John Hasler wrote:
> Ron Johnson writes:
> > Then that should be:
>
> > $ patch --gen-diff
>
> > $ patch --apply-diff
>
> The diff command predates the patch command by many years (it was in System
> III) and does far more than generate files suitable for application by
> patch, which was written by Larry Wall in 1984.

Correct.  But Kamaraju S Kusumanchi asserts that "The main purpose 
of diff is to generate a patch", and I was pointing out the logical 
conclusion of his statement.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
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