This demands a script. A judicious combination of 'strings' (to strip out all the non-ASCII flapdoodle from the generated files) and 'diff' (to compare the results) would tell you whether the contents have changed ...
Alastair ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Gough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 1:46 PM Subject: Comparing pdb files > I use jpluckc to generate pdb files and would like to copy them to my > Palm only if they have changed since the last time they were plucked, > Unfortunately cmp doesn't do the trick, since, even if the essential > contents of the files are the same, the files are not identical > (presumably some sort of timestamp). Is there a simple way of checking > this, other than looking at the sizes of the files, which obviously is > not fool-proof? > > Graham > > > _______________________________________________ > plucker-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-list > ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information on a proactive email security service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ plucker-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-list
