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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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