Hi Shane,

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Castle, Shane
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm thinking of modifying the diff_cmd in syscheckd/seechanges.c and 
> agentlessd/agentlessd.c to be "unified" ("-u"). Any comments on whether or 
> not this is a good idea?
>

Personally, I prefer the unified output. Maybe there should be an
option (even a compile time option)?

> The only thing I can think of is it might make the diff results longer, 
> unless it is restricted to just the changed lines (no context, or "-U 0"). 
> Removing context should actually make the diff output shorter. And, I suppose 
> that this version of diff is not necessarily supported on all platforms, but 
> it would be in all Linux flavors.
>
> --
> Shane Castle
> Data Security Mgr, Boulder County IT
> CISSP GSEC GCIH
>
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