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Re: say "Binary files differ" or something
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Charles Swiger |
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Re: say "Binary files differ" or something |
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Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:57:21 -0800 |
Hi--
On Jan 11, 2010, at 10:17 AM, address@hidden wrote:
> $ diff w3m-dtree.elc nw3m-dtree.elc
> Files w3m-dtree.elc and nw3m-dtree.elc differ
> Aren't you going to "Binary files w3m-dtree... differ",
> or any other clue why one is not being let to see the normal output?
> diff (GNU diffutils) 2.8.7
.elc files are compiled Emacs LISP files, and thus are being recognized as
binary. While you can force diff to treat them as ASCII via the -a / "--text"
flag, it is likely that you want to compare the .el files instead of .elc
files....
Regards,
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-Chuck