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- 32 Bit GNU-DIFF 1.15
-
- This is the gnu-diff version 1.15 package for MSDOS, compiled on the
- PC using DJ Delorie's gcc/386 compiler. They will successfully
- compare arbitrarily large files, regardless of the size of available
- memory. The only size limitation is the disk space available for
- swapping.
-
- These programs require a 386 or 386SX processor; they will NOT run
- under Windows 3.0 (except perhaps in real mode), 386MAX or QEMM.
- This is a limitation of Delories DOS extender; he makes no apologies
- for this and neither will I.
-
- I have modified his extender so that it will use an XMS driver to
- allocate memory if one is present. This means these programs will
- coexist peacefully with XMS.SYS, SMARTDRIVE.SYS, etc, so long as you
- stay in real mode.
-
- If you want to play with my xms patches to the DOS extender, send me
- mail.
-
- Patches to the diff 1.15 distribution are included if you want to try
- compiling this yourself. To do that, you'll need
-
- 1. the diff distribution. Available by ftp from prep.ai.mit.edu, as
- pub/gnu/diff-1.15.tar.Z (you'll also need compress and tar, to
- explode this file)
-
- 2. DJ's GCC/G++ package. Available by ftp from
- grape.ecs.clarkson.edu in pub/msdos/djgcc.
-
- 3. A servicable version of patch, available from your friendly local
- archive sites.
-
- 4. A 'modern' make, such as ndmake, or gnumake. Get it where you can.
-
- To compile, you need to unpack the diff distribution tar. Then go to
- the created diff directory, and patch the source using the enclosed
- patch file.
-
- This will create several files, in addition to patching existing
- ones. You will need to copy the file 'dir.h' from the diff directory
- to DJ's include/sys directory.
-
- Then run make using makefile.pc.
-
- The Four Disclaimers
-
- 1. I do not warrant that these programs do anything useful, or even
- that they are harmless.
-
- 2. I am not in the business of providing people with public domain
- software by E mail. If you can't find something that you might need
- to make this package work, ask someone else how to get it.
-
- 3. 90% of Americans like football, and support the Persian Gulf War.
- I disapprove of both, for approximately the same reason -- they are
- violence as entertainment.
-
- 4. There is no fourth disclaimer.
-
- If you run into a problem that isn't covered by this readme file, I
- am at
-
- williams@herky.cs.uiowa.edu
- Kent Williams
-