On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:04:55 -0600, Gilbert Cardenas wrote:
>Granted, I did not do extensive testing. I simply used a DCOLLECT dataset
>which is variable blocked and probably does not contain any blank lines.
>
>If I have time, I'll try to hunt down one that has blank lines in it and see
>what results I get.
>
Not blank; empty. _No_ blanks. Line mode compare reports:
LINE COMPARE SUMMARY AND STATISTICS
134 NUMBER OF LINE MATCHES 0 TOTAL CHANGES (PAIRED+
0 REFORMATTED LINES 0 PAIRED CHANGES (REFM+P
0 NEW FILE LINE INSERTIONS 0 NON-PAIRED INSERTS
0 OLD FILE LINE DELETIONS 0 NON-PAIRED DELETES
134 NEW FILE LINES PROCESSED
134 OLD FILE LINES PROCESSED
While byte mode compare reports:
BYTE COMPARE SUMMARY AND STATISTICS
3966 NUMBER OF BYTE MATCHES 17 TOTAL CHANGES (PAIRED+
17 NEW FILE BYTE INSERTIONS 17 NON-PAIRED INSERTS
0 OLD FILE BYTE DELETIONS 0 NON-PAIRED DELETES
3983 NEW FILE BYTES PROCESSED
3966 OLD FILE BYTES PROCESSED
OTOH, if I break one of the lines in half, line compare reports the difference;
byte compare calls the files identical. There's no right way.
-- gil
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