RE: Cygwin - diff command does not provide output

2006-06-19 Thread Dave Korn
On 19 June 2006 13:46, astro wrote: > Dear Dave Korn, > > OK, next thing is maybe it reckons your files are binary for some reason. > Try adding the -a (--text) option to your command line. > > It worked after giving this parameter. > But still wondering how come this was working before even w

RE: Cygwin - diff command does not provide output

2006-06-19 Thread astro
your help. Regards astro -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cygwin---diff-command-does-not-provide-output-t1810432.html#a4935839 Sent from the Cygwin Users forum at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http

RE: Cygwin - diff command does not provide output

2006-06-19 Thread Dave Korn
On 19 June 2006 12:09, astro wrote: > As you suggested, First me too thought that it might be due to -q option in > effect. > So I tried -n, -y options. But still I am getting the same message as "Files > x.txt y.txt differ". OK, next thing is maybe it reckons your files are binary for some rea

RE: Cygwin - diff command does not provide output

2006-06-19 Thread astro
could not find any entries like diff. Is there any way, I can check if all the files related to diff command are available & if so Which are the directories I should check? Once Again, thanks for your replies. Regards astro -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cygwin---dif

RE: Cygwin - diff command does not provide output

2006-06-19 Thread Dave Korn
On 19 June 2006 11:21, astro wrote: > I tried to compare the files in two different directories and directed the > output into another directory. > I could achieve this by writing a serious commands. But when I did that I > gave the file name for the diff output as difffile1,difffile2 etc., > > B

Cygwin - diff command does not provide output

2006-06-19 Thread astro
know what exactly I have changed. The version of diff : (GNU diffutils) 2.8.7 Can you please help me overcoming this problem? Thanks in advance astro -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cygwin---diff-command-does-not-provide-output-t1810432.html#a4933837 Sent from the C