Conference smurf::buildhelp

Date Of Receipt: 	28-NOV-1994 18:22:26.49
From: 	FLAMBE::jmf "Joshua M. Friedman OSF/UNIX SDE"
To: 	[email protected]
CC: 	odehelp@DEC:.zko.flambe
Subj: 	Re:  question about bdiff  stat error

Sunil, ODE assumes that all filenames are relative to the src directory
of the pool you're working on.  By including the argument:
	/spec1170/sandbox/sb/sunil/signal.h

in bdiff, ODE looks for the file - in the RCS pool:

	<pool>/src/spec1170/sandbox/sb/sunil/signal.h

Bdiff is explicitly for comparing files in ODE (RCS) with one another,
or against the same file IN THE SAME DIRECTORY in your sandbox.

Perhaps you want just plain 'diff' for what you're doing.  The RCS file
spec with ,v is referring to looking in the RCS pool "behind the scenes",
not on your system.

If you want to compare the current sandbox's file with what you started
with or last checked in, just do 
	bdiff signal.h

Hope that helps...		-josh


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	Subject: question about bdiff  stat error 
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	Dear odehelp,
	
	I am trying to use bdiff to compare the two files: one in the backing tree
	and one in my local directory.
	
	bdiff reports stat error, since it needs existence of 
	"signal.h,v" filename (with comma-v suffix), even though
	I am explicitely giving it the  full path-name as
	"/spec1170/sandbox/sb/sunil/signal.h".
	
	How to make bdiff just do the diffs on its two argument files and not report the
	stat error (i.e. to make it stop hunting for its own-creation which is non-existent ;-) )? 
	
	thanks,
	Sunil.
	
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	 685 /spec1170/sandbox/sb/src/kernel/sys>bdiff -c signal.h /spec1170/sandbox/sb/sunil/signal.h
	
	[ ./kernel/sys/signal.h ]
	
	[ ./spec1170/sandbox/sb/sunil/signal.h ]
	stat error: ./spec1170/sandbox/sb/sunil/signal.h,v: No such file or directory
	
	
	 686 /spec1170/sandbox/sb/src/kernel/sys>ls -l /spec1170/sandbox/sb/sunil/signal.h
	-rw-r--r--   1 stdsbld  system     33166 Nov 28 11:45 /spec1170/sandbox/sb/sunil/signal.h
	=================
	
	

Date Of Receipt: 	28-NOV-1994 23:37:33.74
From: 	FLUME::jmcg "Jim McGinness"
To: 	[email protected]
CC: 	odehelp@DEC:.zko.flume
Subj: 	Re:  question about bdiff  stat error

I don't think bdiff can be used in the way you intend.  Perhaps one
of the regular "diff" commands will do what you want (I often use
sdiff and a very wide window, some people swear by vdiff).  The
purpose of bdiff is to allow you to compare two revs extracted from
the same underlying RCS file.  The filename you give is just an
indicator of which underlying RCS file to use.

	-- jmcg