--- ../../man/man1/diff.1.orig Tue Oct 22 14:00:30 1996 +++ ../../man/man1/diff.1 Wed Mar 19 02:06:08 2003 @@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ .\" .\" @(#)diff.1 6.4.1 (2.11BSD) 1996/10/21 .\" -.TH DIFF 1 "October 21, 1996" +.TH 2DIFF 1 "October 21, 1996" .UC 4 .SH NAME -diff \- differential file and directory comparator +2diff \- 2.11BSD differential file and directory comparator .SH SYNOPSIS -.B diff +.B 2diff [ .B \-l ] [ @@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ .B \-biwt ] dir1 dir2 .br -.B diff +.B 2diff [ \fB\-cefhn ] [ \fB\-biwt\fR ] file1 file2 .br -.B diff +.B 2diff [ .BI \-D string ] [ @@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ file1 file2 .SH DESCRIPTION If both arguments are directories, -.I diff +.I 2diff sorts the contents of the directories by name, and then runs the regular file -.I diff +.I 2diff algorithm (described below) on text files which are different. Binary files which differ, @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ .TP .B \-l long output format; each text file -.I diff +.I 2diff is piped through .IR pr (1) to paginate it, @@ -60,26 +60,26 @@ .TP .B \-r causes application of -.I diff +.I 2diff recursively to common subdirectories encountered. .TP .B \-s causes -.I diff +.I 2diff to report files which are the same, which are otherwise not mentioned. .TP .B \-Sname starts a directory -.I diff +.I 2diff in the middle beginning with file .I name. .PP When run on regular files, and when comparing text files which differ during directory comparison, -.I diff +.I 2diff tells what lines must be changed in the files to bring them into agreement. Except in rare circumstances, -.I diff +.I 2diff finds a smallest sufficient set of file differences. If neither .I file1 @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ version-to-version .I ed scripts ($2,$3,...) made by -.I diff +.I 2diff need be on hand. A `latest version' appears on the standard output. @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ file to the other are marked in both files with with `! '. Changes which lie within lines of each other are grouped -together on output. (This is a change from the previous ``diff -c'' +together on output. (This is a change from the previous ``2diff -c'' but the resulting output is usually much easier to interpret.) .TP 9 .B \-h @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ .TP .B \-Dstring causes -.I diff +.I 2diff to create a merged version of .I file1 and @@ -260,12 +260,12 @@ .SH FILES /tmp/d????? .br -/usr/libexec/diffh for +%%PREFIX%%/libexec/2diffh for .B \-h .br -/bin/diff for directory diffs +%%PREFIX%%/bin/2diff for directory diffs .br -/bin/pr +/usr/bin/pr .SH "SEE ALSO" cmp(1), cc(1), comm(1), ed(1), diff3(1) .SH DIAGNOSTICS @@ -279,11 +279,11 @@ When comparing directories with the \fB\-b, -w\fP or \fB-i\fP options specified, -.I diff +.I 2diff first compares the files ala .I cmp, and then decides to run the -.I diff +.I 2diff algorithm if they are not equal. This may cause a small amount of spurious output if the files then turn out to be identical because the only differences are