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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/17/2012 6:38 PM, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> 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.

Even VMS users occasionally get files from a non VMS system.

Arne