Subj : The code
To   : Sean Dennis
From : mark lewis
Date : Thu Oct 15 2009 04:12 pm


 ml> that and also use list.com and even a binary comparison tool to
 ml> compare the two files so that you can verify that only those two bits
 ml> got changed and that they are the proper two bits :)

 SD> That's an excellent idea.  You have any comparison tools to
 SD> recommend (DOS or OS/2, doesn't matter)?

i generally used "comp /b" (/b for binary compare instead of textual) but i 
don't know what version of comp that is/was... i don't see it as a built-in in 
4DOS or 4OS2... i'm lookin'...

[time passes]

i can't find it, now... the comp that i do find is comp.com and is both OS/2 
and DOS flavored (one .com file for both)... maybe it was "fc"?? i just know 
that i had to use the "/b" option to denote a binary comparison instead of a 
textual one...

damn, that's got my goat and i'm rather frustrated that i can't locate that 
tool or remember exactly which one it was :(  maybe it was... hummm... :!:

[time passes]

found it!! believe it or not, on one of the win98se boxes hiding out in 
\windows\command  and also in \options\tools\oldmsdos... this last one is a 
copy of the tools\oldmsdos folder from the win98 install cd... it is FC.EXE...

[/me quickly copies it over to this OS2 box and gives it a try]

aww... says incorrect DOS version :?  now, how to setver on warp3 with 4DOS?? 
:(  maybe that's why i still tend to do most development on that machine?? 
no... can't be because i've been running this one for far too long... there's 
gotta be another util that i used to use that i probably lost yers back when i 
had to reinstall this system :?  dagnabit! it was a very very very handy tool, 
too...

guess i need to figure out how to hack it and blow the dos version check out :? 
:(

well, in any case, here's the /? output just so's you have an idea what it 
is/was capable of and decide to go looking for a similar tool on the net 
somewhere...

FC [/A] [/C] [/L] [/LBn] [/N] [/T] [/W] [/nnnn] [drive1:][path1]filename1
  [drive2:][path2]filename2
FC /B [drive1:][path1]filename1 [drive2:][path2]filename2

  /A     Displays only first and last lines for each set of differences.
  /B     Performs a binary comparison.
  /C     Disregards the case of letters.
  /L     Compares files as ASCII text.
  /LBn   Sets the maximum consecutive mismatches to the specified number of
         lines.
  /N     Displays the line numbers on an ASCII comparison.
  /T     Does not expand tabs to spaces.
  /W     Compresses white space (tabs and spaces) for comparison.
  /nnnn  Specifies the number of consecutive lines that must match after a
         mismatch.

i'll keep looking, too because a good file comparison tool is a must for many 
programming situations... especially if you have large (greater than 64K) files 
to compare :)

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