On 2010-08-23 09:57, Fergus wrote:
Somehow diff identifies differences in two identical binary files. In the following example two duplicate files are located (i) in my home directory (/m/home/user) and (ii) at the root of a different drive (D:).
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~> diff -s INTERVAL.pdf /d/INTERVAL.pdf Files INTERVAL.pdf and /d/INTERVAL.pdf differ ~> diff -s ./INTERVAL.pdf /d/INTERVAL.pdf Files ./INTERVAL.pdf and /d/INTERVAL.pdf differ ~> diff -s ~/INTERVAL.pdf /d/INTERVAL.pdf Files /home/user/INTERVAL.pdf and /d/INTERVAL.pdf differ ~> diff -s /home/user/INTERVAL.pdf /d/INTERVAL.pdf Files /home/user/INTERVAL.pdf and /d/INTERVAL.pdf differ ~> diff -s /m/home/user/INTERVAL.pdf /d/INTERVAL.pdf Files /m/home/user/INTERVAL.pdf and /d/INTERVAL.pdf are identical Using XP Pro SP3. This happens with the current cygwin1.dll and the snapshot dated 20100822. Fergus
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