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| 2961.1 | there is always the DOS FC (file compare) | fievel.shr.dec.com::FILGATE | Bruce Filgate SHR3-2/W4 237-6452 | Tue Mar 25 1997 09:39 | 0 |
| 2961.2 | | HELIX::WELLCOME | Steve Wellcome SHR3-1/C22 Pole A22 | Tue Mar 25 1997 10:01 | 2 |
| Aha! Thanks. I'd overlooked that. Can't understand how, FC being
such an obvious name....
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| 2961.3 | | BHAJEE::JAERVINEN | Ora, the Old Rural Amateur | Tue Mar 25 1997 10:03 | 2 |
| How about Windiff? (I'm not sure if a 16-bit Windows exists).
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| 2961.4 | GNU Emacs has it (plus tons of other stuff) | SMURF::PBECK | Who put the bop in the hale-de-bop-de-bop? | Tue Mar 25 1997 13:37 | 19 |
| I've seen a shareware upgrade to FC that had nicer features than the
bundled version (if memory serves, the shareware fee, if paid, was
donated to a charity). You might browse the usual archives. It's a
DOS program.
If you've got about 26M to spare, there's a W95 version of GNU Emacs
19.34 that includes a lot of features (for 26M, it had better!),
including (in the Tools menu)
Compare... two files
two buffers
three files
three buffers
two directories
three directories
I haven't tried any of these features, but if you got the space, and
you like emacs, the price is right. Available through
www.windows95.com.
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| 2961.5 | Try to find VCOMP | WKOL10::STETSON | Think Digital Software! | Mon Mar 31 1997 12:03 | 9 |
| One that I've used ALOT is called VCOMP. I don't have the ZIP kit or
I'd post it for you. As previously suggested check the usual sources.
The reason I like VCOMP is that you can do a split screen and see the
file differences in color. GREAT APP!
THANKS!!
Rick
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| 2961.6 | Where to find it... | WKOL10::STETSON | Think Digital Software! | Tue Apr 01 1997 18:34 | 21 |
| re: .5
I had a couple of notes back on this so I thought I'd better provide a
little more detail.
I did a search on the SIMTEL repository and found the program. The
VCOMP stands for Visual COMPare. The program was written in the 91-92
timeframe and is Copyrighted by Whitney Software, Inc.
If you'd like to try it out hop on your web browser and head to
http://www.acs.oakland.edu:80/oak/. Select "Virtual Software Library
front desk at the OAK Repository ". Once there under "search Options"
select "Quick search:". Leave the categories set at "MS-Windows (All)"
and enter the search words "visual" and "compare". That search will
return one file - VC152.ZIP. That's what you're looking for!
Hope this helps.
THANKS!!
Rick
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| 2961.7 | ..for $30 this better be good! | fievel.shr.dec.com::FILGATE | Bruce Filgate SHR3-2/W4 237-6452 | Wed Apr 02 1997 09:49 | 10 |
|
I located the program and stuffed it into the software archive
on my workstation from where it will get indexed into the
corporate data base (tonight?). At moment the vc152.zip and the
extracted documentation, vc152.txt are in \\fievel\pc-sw in
\incoming
The license fee for this is $30,
Bruce
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| 2961.8 | Yucko! A face only a Unix programmer could love! | WRKSYS::TATOSIAN | The Compleat Tangler | Wed Apr 02 1997 13:34 | 6 |
| imnsho, it ain't even worth the disk space, never mind the $30.
I've been using WinFC for at a couple of years. Makes "VC152" look
primative to say the least. Can't remember where I found it though...
/dave
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| 2961.9 | Expending just a little additional effort... | WKOL10::STETSON | Think Digital Software! | Fri Apr 04 1997 10:05 | 21 |
| re: .8
Dave,
You might have tried the instructions I provided to find VC152 to find
WINFC. I did and if you will follow those instructions and substitute
"WINFC" as the search string like magic up pops WINFC10B.ZIP.
You're correct that it is a nice app in the Windows environment. And
yes, if I'm in that situation in the future I probably will consider
WINFC a viable alternative.
You must never have been blessed by the situation where Windows or
Windows 95 would not boot and you needed a tool to find the differences
in a number of BAT files. "Been there - done that!"
Me, I'll keep both tools in the tool box.
THANKS!!
Rick
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| 2961.10 | You're Welcome - I think | WRKSYS::TATOSIAN | The Compleat Tangler | Fri Apr 04 1997 23:38 | 17 |
| re: .9
So sorry - I didn't notice the criteria included DOS-only mode. I use
FC for that on the extremely rare event that I can't get a gui up and
the problem doesn't simply leap off the DOS SEDT session...
And *I* didn't need to find WINFC - I already have it. On the other
hand, I could have hit NEXT UNSEEN on this thread - and left you
suffering with VC ;^)
Cheers
/dave
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