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- COMMAND: COMPARE (Compare Files) DOCUMENTATION : On-line
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- FUNCTION: Compares two text files in memory and lists the differences.
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- FORMAT: COMPARE [filename[.ext] filename[.ext]]![TEST]
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- TYPE: User supported software, Version 1.24
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- REMARKS: Entering COMPARE TEST returns the amount of memory available for the
- files to be compared after the program has been loaded. The names of
- the files in the default directory to be compared can be entered on
- the command line or on the main menu. The menu also prompts for the
- destination of the list of mismatches, which can either be the
- printer or a file on any drive (default file=COMPARE.DTA); the number
- of lines to be scanned in the second file while the first file is
- held at a mismatched line (default=40, max=255); and whether or not
- the lines being scanned are listed to the screen. Before comparing
- lines, leading and trailing ASCII characters below chr(33) are
- stripped in memory, so that indenting does not effect matching while
- imbedded tabs and blanks do. The program can be terminated at any
- time by pressing Esc.
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