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- SAMPLE command and resulting output | Comments about the output
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- COMP TESTDATA.TXT SAFEDATA.BAK Compare the contents of the file
- TESTDATA.TXT with SAFEDATA.BAK.
- Files compare ok
- As you can see, the files are
- Compare more files (Y/N)?Y identical in content. COMP prompts
- you for another set of files when
- Enter primary file specification it is through comparing.
- GOODFILE.TXT
- You don't have to specify a second
- Enter secondary file specification filename to compare to, only a drive
- BADFILE.TXT id or directory path. If you don't
- specify a filename, DOS will look
- Files compare ok for a file with the same name as the
- primary file on the secondary drive
- Compare more files (Y/N)?N id and directory path.
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- COMP C:\PROGRAMS\TUTOR.BAS A:TUTOR.BAK Here we are comparing the file
- TUTOR.BAS in the PROGRAMS directory
- C:\PROGRAMS\TUTOR.BAS and A:TUTOR.BAK on drive C: with TUTOR.BAK in the
- Compare error at offset 1A0 current directory on drive A:.
- File 1 = 4D
- File 2 = 32
- Compare error at offset 1B5 The files do not compare, as you can
- File 1 = 6E see. COMP displays the offset into
- File 2 = 40 the file where the compare failed
- Eof mark not found and what the values are. These
- numbers are in hexadecimal(base 16).
- Compare more files (Y/N)?N