[comp.sys.mac.apps] Compare text files

kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) (05/23/91)

"Does anybody on the net knows about a program for the Mac that can read two
"text file, compare them and indicate the difference???

There is a program called Docu-Comp. I've seen it advertised in software
ads, but just now couldn't find it in the index of any MacWarehouse
catalog.

At one time Microsoft offered a version that worked with Word (for only
$10). It had a problem when it was comparing a Word 3 file with a 
Word 4 file and the newer file had the new table format. 

It's not shareware and it costs considerably more than that $10 initially
available. Try any software house. I bet they'll be able to quote a price.

Shirley Kehr

chai@hawk.cs.ukans.edu (Ian Chai) (05/27/91)

In article <163576@felix.UUCP> kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) writes:
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>"Does anybody on the net knows about a program for the Mac that can read two
>"text file, compare them and indicate the difference???
[stuff about commersial solution deleted]

There's also a program called "Compare". I *think* I got it from
Sumex, but I'm not sure. If I'm wrong, ask archie.[1]

Ian
[1] telnet  quiche.cs.mcgill.ca
    username: archie

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aslakson@cs.umn.edu (Brian Aslakson) (05/28/91)

kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) writes:
>"Does anybody on the net knows about a program for the Mac that can read two
>"text file, compare them and indicate the difference???

>There is a program called Docu-Comp. I've seen it advertised in software
>ads, but just now couldn't find it in the index of any MacWarehouse
>catalog.

Bleah.  That sounds like money, and money up front.  There are a couple
compare utilities at sumex, here's where to go:

sumex-aim.stanford.edu
cd info-mac/util
ls compare*

wuarchive.wustl.edu
cd mirrors/info-mac/util
ls compare*

NB:  You can login as anonymous or ftp, for your password at wuarchive,
use -@-

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