Re: bug with diff 2.8.1

[jdeifik]

---- Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote: 
> <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > After looking over the source, I think the cleanest change would be to add a
> > --binary flag to the command line, which would set
> > files_can_be_treated_as_binary to 1.
> 
> Won't 'diff -q' suffice?  Then you wouldn't have to change anything.

That works on my problem files.

Perhaps a documentation change would be a good idea,
where -q is documented to
"treat compared files as binary data, and output only whether files differ" 
in the man page and the usage?

Thanks,
jdeifik