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1.1       root        1: .\"    @(#)uudiff.1c   4.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
                      2: .\"
                      3: .TH UUDIFF 1C 
                      4: .AT 3
                      5: .SH NAME
                      6: uudiff \- directory comparison between machines
                      7: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      8: .B uudiff
                      9: [ \-d ]
                     10: local-name remote-name
                     11: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     12: .I Uudiff
                     13: compares the files in the directory
                     14: .I local-name
                     15: and the directory
                     16: .I remote-name,
                     17: (where
                     18: .I remote-name
                     19: may be of the form
                     20: .I system-name!directory-name
                     21: and
                     22: .I system-name
                     23: is a 
                     24: .I uucp
                     25: Unix name).
                     26: It reports (via mail)
                     27: which files are added, deleted, or changed, and provides
                     28: a
                     29: .I diff(1)
                     30: of altered printable files.
                     31: .PP
                     32: If a part of
                     33: .I remote-name
                     34: is omitted
                     35: (either the system or the directory)
                     36: the corresponding part of
                     37: .I local-name
                     38: is used.
                     39: If
                     40: .I local-name
                     41: is a file, rather than a directory,
                     42: .I remote-name
                     43: is also assumed to be a file and the program degenerates into
                     44: .IR diff(1) .
                     45: .PP
                     46: The option
                     47: .B \-d
                     48: does not diff altered files; only
                     49: the summary by file names is prepared.
                     50: .SH FILES
                     51: Lots.  Files zz[abcdeglmn]????? are used for scratch space;
                     52: files brought back from the remote machine for
                     53: .I diffing
                     54: are stored (and left around) as
                     55: .I name.?????
                     56: and the final report is left in
                     57: .I uudiff.?????
                     58: (the exact name is reported by mail).
                     59: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     60: diff(1), uucp(1)
                     61: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     62: Almost none.  Anything more serious than misspelling
                     63: .I local-name
                     64: causes unpredictable and obscure results.
                     65: .SH BUGS
                     66: In addition to the standard
                     67: .I uucp
                     68: requirements a hook is needed at the remote
                     69: system, and at present is only installed
                     70: on the systems "research" and "inter".
                     71: .br
                     72: This program is written in shell and should be translated
                     73: to C so it could give diagnostics.
                     74: .br
                     75: Even if "remote-system" is the local system, uudiff
                     76: is subject to delays in uucp traffic.
                     77: .br
                     78: It should probably write the standard output, instead of insisting
                     79: on going into the background.
                     80: .br
                     81: Since checksums are used there is a probability of 1 in 2**32
                     82: of missing differences between files.
                     83: .br
                     84: The ~userid syntax is not recognized.

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