On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 6:52 AM, Kapil Hari Paranjape <[email protected]> wrote: > Generally, one should prefer the command > $ diff -u file.txt file-modified.txt > > The reason is that this maintains the _context_ information of the > differences as a result: > - the diff is more human readable > - the diff is longer :-( > - the diff can work with patch even when some unrelated changes > have been made to file.txt after the diff was created > diff -c shows context. diff -u is a GNU extension.
GNU's not Unix! I prefer looking at the diff -u output. But I remember there was some project which explicitly stated that they must have diffs in "context" not "unified" format. Roshan Mathews _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
