The advantage of the ispf compare function is that you can see the changes in the editor and easily incorporate them. This is good because I spotted I kept adding blanks in my source, so could easily correct this - then just save. Colin
On Thu, 3 Feb 2022 at 13:58, Carmen Vitullo <[email protected]> wrote: > I, as John does use to UNIX diff command, I've never tried the ISPF > compare utility. > > for my z/OS upgrade, I compare the ServerPac etc to my current system(s) > etc using > > diff -r /ServerPac/etc /Service/TST1/etc > > /u/jistxxx/TST1_etc_compare_zos112.txt > > the output gets written to a text file > > Carmen > > > On 2/3/2022 5:41 AM, Colin Paice wrote: > > I am having problems comparing two python files from OMVS. I can edit > them > > both individually ( I can see the blanks are x'20' = ASCII blanks. > > I cannot get compare to work.. it looks like compare cannot tell the > second > > file is ascii. > > Is there an easy solution for this? > > Colin > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > -- > /I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to > succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand > with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, > and part with him when he goes wrong. *Abraham Lincoln*/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
