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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
+ %general-entities;
+]>
+
+<sect1 id="ch-system-diffutils" role="wrap">
+ <?dbhtml filename="diffutils.html"?>
+
+ <sect1info condition="script">
+ <productname>diffutils</productname>
+ <productnumber>&diffutils-version;</productnumber>
+ <address>&diffutils-url;</address>
+ </sect1info>
+
+ <title>Diffutils-&diffutils-version;</title>
+
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-diffutils">
+ <primary sortas="a-Diffutils">Diffutils</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <sect2 role="package">
+ <title/>
+
+ <para>The Diffutils package contains programs that show the differences
+ between files or directories.</para>
+
+ <segmentedlist>
+ <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
+ <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
+
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>&diffutils-ch6-sbu;</seg>
+ <seg>&diffutils-ch6-du;</seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ </segmentedlist>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 role="installation">
+ <title>Installation of Diffutils</title>
+
+ <para>Prepare Diffutils for compilation:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Compile the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Install the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+
+ <sect2 id="contents-diffutils" role="content">
+ <title>Contents of Diffutils</title>
+
+ <segmentedlist>
+ <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
+
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>cmp, diff, diff3, and sdiff</seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ </segmentedlist>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
+ <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
+ <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
+
+ <varlistentry id="cmp">
+ <term><command>cmp</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Compares two files and reports whether or in which bytes they
+ differ</para>
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-diffutils cmp">
+ <primary sortas="b-cmp">cmp</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="diff">
+ <term><command>diff</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Compares two files or directories and reports which lines in
+ the files differ</para>
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-diffutils diff">
+ <primary sortas="b-diff">diff</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="diff3">
+ <term><command>diff3</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Compares three files line by line</para>
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-diffutils diff3">
+ <primary sortas="b-diff3">diff3</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="sdiff">
+ <term><command>sdiff</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Merges two files and interactively outputs the results</para>
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-diffutils sdiff">
+ <primary sortas="b-sdiff">sdiff</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+</sect1>