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Article #307diff-1.7 usage
From: David MacKenzie
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1989 12:34
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1989 12:34
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The GNU diff usage message would be more helpful if it listed the actual options instead of just saying "-options". Also, conventionally the word "Usage: " appears on the left margin; this gives more room for enumerating those options too. ----- David MacKenzie System Administrator Environmental Defense Fund edf@rocky2.rockefeller.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!yunexus!telly!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ROCKY2.ROCKEFELLER.EDU!edf From: edf@ROCKY2.ROCKEFELLER.EDU (David MacKenzie) Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug Subject: diff-1.7 usage Message-ID: <8907211234.AA17789@rocky2> Date: 21 Jul 89 12:34:55 GMT Article-I.D.: rocky2.8907211234.AA17789 Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 11