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Just Me

2004-06-03, 7:22 pm

Hi,
Does anyone know if there is a diff tool out there that can compare
more than 2 files at a time?

thanks for your help.

Just Me
Robert Klemme

2004-06-03, 7:22 pm


"Just Me" <jessto_2000@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:f5246c9a.0406011513.1e167c35@posting.google.com...
> Hi,
> Does anyone know if there is a diff tool out there that can compare
> more than 2 files at a time?


What exactly do you want? Do you want to compare two sets of files? Do
you want to compare a common source version with several descendants? All
of this can be done by diff:

diff --help
....
--from-file=FILE1 Compare FILE1 to all operands. FILE1 can be a
directory.
--to-file=FILE2 Compare all operands to FILE2. FILE2 can be a
directory.

diff --from-file=common version1 version2

diff -r dir1 dir2

Regards

robert

martin@rochooni.net

2004-06-03, 7:22 pm


"JM" == Just Me <jessto_2000@yahoo.com> writes:
JM> Date: 1 Jun 2004 16:13:02 -0700
JM>
JM> Hi,
JM> Does anyone know if there is a diff tool out there that can compare
JM> more than 2 files at a time?

hi,

emacs provides the command ediff3.

martin

JM>
JM> thanks for your help.
JM>
JM> Just Me
JM>
--
martin dot fischer at boschrexroth dot de
David Lightstone

2004-06-03, 7:22 pm


"Just Me" <jessto_2000@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:f5246c9a.0406011513.1e167c35@posting.google.com...
> Hi,
> Does anyone know if there is a diff tool out there that can compare
> more than 2 files at a time?
>
> thanks for your help.




http://www.araxis.com/

from their web site
"In-place editing and unique visual two and three-way* file/folder
comparison and merging make Merge a compelling choice for software
developers, product release managers, web designers and other professionals
who work with text files, including ASCII, MBCS and Unicode files."




>
> Just Me



Cristiano Sadun

2004-06-03, 7:22 pm

jessto_2000@yahoo.com (Just Me) wrote in news:f5246c9a.0406011513.1e167c35
@posting.google.com:

> Hi,
> Does anyone know if there is a diff tool out there that can compare
> more than 2 files at a time?


If you mean compare directories and identically-named files, under windows
windiff does the job nicely.

If you mean three-way-merge, there are a number of diffs - usuall any SCM
comes with one. For example, there's one for free with Subversion.

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