James Kosin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Example:
> --------
> perl-5.10.x/.... /.Zork.pm ( is an empty file that has been newly
> created with a size of 0-bytes)
> perl-5.10.0/.... does not contain the file or the new directory where
> the file is in perl-5.10.x
So you are comparing a non-existant file with an empty file in different
directory structures...
> If you do a 'diff -aNurp perl-5.10.0 perl-5.10.x', you don't get the
> newly created directory or file that has been created.
Thats exactly what the switch -N above is supposed to give, from the man
page:
-N
--new-file
In directory comparison, if a file is found in only
one directory, treat it as present but empty in the
other directory.
If you don't want that behavior, you might get a better result without the
-N switch.
regards Henrik
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