[Info-vax] If interested with ! Linux style diff and patch on OpenVMS servers

[Steven Schweda]

> [...]  But none of the GNV diff tools can work on
> VMS file versions - neither from bash nor from DCL.

   As usual, showing actual commands with their actual output
can be more informative than vague descriptions or
interpretations.  I do stuff like this with no trouble (using
my non-GNV code):

alp $ gdiff junk.txt;-1 junk.txt;
1c1
< old junk
---
> new junk

   Do you mean stuff like this?:

alp$ diff 'junk.txt;-1' 'junk.txt;'
diff: junk.txt;-1: no such file or directory
diff: junk.txt;: no such file or directory

(Ask me why I often don't rely on GNV.)


> How is this any different from DIFFERENCE/SLP and EDIT/SUM,
> other than for perhaps the recursive aspects?

   If someone gives you GNU "diff -u" output, can EDIT/SUM do
the job with it?