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Re: cmp man page bug
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: cmp man page bug |
Date: |
Thu, 30 Dec 2004 06:49:11 +0200 |
> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 08:43:16 +0100
> From: Stepan Kasal <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
>
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 10:40:14PM +0100, Bernhard Kuemel wrote:
> > info diff
> > should give you access to the complete manual.
> ...
> > I guess that should be 'info cmp'. Or are cmp and diff the same
> > program?
>
> they are distributed in the same package.
>
> It is supposed that ``info diff'' shows you the beginning (top node) of
> the manual of the package. To see the option summary of the commands, use
>
> info -O diff
> or
> info -O cmp
Actually, on my system, "info cmp" does exactly the Right Thing. That
works because the file DIR has this line:
* cmp: (diff)Invoking cmp. Find first difference.
So I think the OP is right: the manual should say "info cmp". The
only improvement in the wording might be the ``complete manual'' part:
the command "info cmp" displays the command-line options, not the
complete manual of cmp.