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

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