Well, that does make things more interesting. Really you have 5 possibilities:
1) All three files are identical 2) Files 1 and 2 are identical, but file 3 differs 3) Files 2 and 3 are identical, but file 1 differs 4) Files 1 and 3 are identical, but file 2 differs 5) All three files are different You may just need to test each of those scenarios. Comparing a hash of each file would surely reduce the amount of text CF had to throw around especially if you are performing several tests with the same set of files. Even the Araxis Merge program (very, very, very handy) when comparing 3 files side by side, really only compares each file to the one next to it. The difficulty of this will probably rest on how much feedback you need to give your users. A simple yes no is easy. A line-by-line break-down of the changes is not so easy. I will warn you, my code sample will bog down a bit on very large files, but CF8 has phenomenal improvements in string manipulation and testing over previous versions of CF. ~Brad -----Original Message----- From: Colman, Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 5:49 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Character by Character File Compare HOWEVER, there is one wrinkle, I actually need to compare three files ..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:307808 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
