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

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In article <26bdeb9f-8f99-4d88-9217-71533c11d3ee at p13g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, Steven Schweda <sms.antinode at gmail.com> writes:
>> [...]  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?

No.  But this IS a forum for discussing VMS.

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