1NYDIFF(1)                   General Commands Manual                  NYDIFF(1)
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NAME

6       nydiff - tool to compare two versions of a specialized-format patch
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SYNOPSIS

9       nydiff oldpam newpam name options [ print ] [ .go ]
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DESCRIPTION

12       nydiff  is  a  tool  in the Nypatchy suite of programs for working with
13       Patchy Master Files (PAM files);  see  nypatchy(1).   Specifically,  it
14       compares  two  different  versions of the same PAM file and generates a
15       "correction patch" that can be used by nypatchy  to  update  the  older
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USAGE

19       The  parameter  oldpam is the name of the older version of the PAM file
20       (a default extension of ".car" is assumed), newpam is the name  of  the
21       newer  version,  print  is  the output file to write to (the default is
22       standard output if omitted), and options is a sequence of  single-char‐
23       acter flags.  The parameter name is the name to be used for the correc‐
24       tion file to be generated (the specific filename will be name.ucra  for
25       a correction patch to be used by Nypatchy).
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27       The  command  should  be ended with ".go" unless one wants to enter the
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OPTIONS

31       Note that options should be given as a single string of characters with
32       no  space  separation and no use of the - character (except that it can
33       be used in place of the options  field  if  no  options  are  desired).
34       Alphabetic options are not case-sensitive.
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36       A      "anyway" - Bypass the first sanity check on sufficient matching.
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40       H      Print help information only.
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SEE ALSO

43       fcasplit(1),    nycheck(1),    nyindex(1),    nylist(1),    nymerge(1),
44       nypatchy(1), nyshell(1), nysynopt(1), nytidy(1), yexpand(1)
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46       The reference manual for the Nypatchy suite of programs is available in
47       compressed PostScript format at the following URL:
48       http://wwwasdoc.web.cern.ch/wwwasdoc/psdir/p5refman.ps.gz
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50       Running  the  command  "nydiff  help .no" also gives some brief help on
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AUTHOR

54       This manual page was written by Kevin McCarty <kmccarty@debian.org> for
55       the  Debian  GNU/Linux  system  (but  may  be  used  by others).  It is
56       licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or  later  (at
57       your choice).
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60       Copyright (C) Kevin B. McCarty, 2008.
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64                                 Mar 12, 2008                        NYDIFF(1)
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