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| author | sheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-07-29 18:57:39 +0000 |
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| committer | sheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-07-29 18:57:39 +0000 |
| commit | cef63677078bb4e3f9bad7e15cdb6c716e5f3a92 (patch) | |
| tree | d2d1c04179c07588d24a08d7d18ef5875067f4bd /gnu | |
| parent | 4eceeba1ed72b3a953413221656c52fe96b601b9 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-cef63677078bb4e3f9bad7e15cdb6c716e5f3a92.zip FreeBSD-src-cef63677078bb4e3f9bad7e15cdb6c716e5f3a92.tar.gz | |
Add an example for folks who can never remember how to generate a
recursive diff for use with send-pr(1).
PR: 12440
Requested by: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/usr.bin/diff/diff.1 | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/diff/diff.1 b/gnu/usr.bin/diff/diff.1 index 4acd3c9..fd60bd8 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/diff/diff.1 +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/diff/diff.1 @@ -463,6 +463,20 @@ match any pattern contained in .TP .B \-y Use the side by side output format. +.SH EXAMPLES +To save to a file some changes that you have made to your local source +tree (possibly including new files), which you would like to show to others +(perhaps using the +.B send-pr(1) +program), you could type +.sp +diff -crN foo.orig foo >foo.diff +.sp +where +.I foo.orig +and +.I foo +might be directory hierarchies or single files. .SH SEE ALSO cmp(1), comm(1), diff3(1), ed(1), patch(1), pr(1), sdiff(1). .SH DIAGNOSTICS |
