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.\"
.TH UUDIFF 1C 
.AT 3
.SH NAME
uudiff \- directory comparison between machines
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B uudiff
[ \-d ]
local-name remote-name
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Uudiff
compares the files in the directory
.I local-name
and the directory
.I remote-name,
(where
.I remote-name
may be of the form
.I system-name!directory-name
and
.I system-name
is a 
.I uucp
Unix name).
It reports (via mail)
which files are added, deleted, or changed, and provides
a
.I diff(1)
of altered printable files.
.PP
If a part of
.I remote-name
is omitted
(either the system or the directory)
the corresponding part of
.I local-name
is used.
If
.I local-name
is a file, rather than a directory,
.I remote-name
is also assumed to be a file and the program degenerates into
.IR diff(1) .
.PP
The option
.B \-d
does not diff altered files; only
the summary by file names is prepared.
.SH FILES
Lots.  Files zz[abcdeglmn]????? are used for scratch space;
files brought back from the remote machine for
.I diffing
are stored (and left around) as
.I name.?????
and the final report is left in
.I uudiff.?????
(the exact name is reported by mail).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
diff(1), uucp(1)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
Almost none.  Anything more serious than misspelling
.I local-name
causes unpredictable and obscure results.
.SH BUGS
In addition to the standard
.I uucp
requirements a hook is needed at the remote
system, and at present is only installed
on the systems "research" and "inter".
.br
This program is written in shell and should be translated
to C so it could give diagnostics.
.br
Even if "remote-system" is the local system, uudiff
is subject to delays in uucp traffic.
.br
It should probably write the standard output, instead of insisting
on going into the background.
.br
Since checksums are used there is a probability of 1 in 2**32
of missing differences between files.
.br
The ~userid syntax is not recognized.
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136bc9c9 KM	1	.\" @(#)uudiff.1c 4.1 (Berkeley) %G%
	2	.\"
	3	.TH UUDIFF 1C
	4	.AT 3
	5	.SH NAME
	6	uudiff \- directory comparison between machines
	7	.SH SYNOPSIS
	8	.B uudiff
	9	[ \-d ]
	10	local-name remote-name
	11	.SH DESCRIPTION
	12	.I Uudiff
	13	compares the files in the directory
	14	.I local-name
	15	and the directory
	16	.I remote-name,
	17	(where
	18	.I remote-name
	19	may be of the form
	20	.I system-name!directory-name
	21	and
	22	.I system-name
	23	is a
	24	.I uucp
	25	Unix name).
	26	It reports (via mail)
	27	which files are added, deleted, or changed, and provides
	28	a
	29	.I diff(1)
	30	of altered printable files.
	31	.PP
	32	If a part of
	33	.I remote-name
	34	is omitted
	35	(either the system or the directory)
	36	the corresponding part of
	37	.I local-name
	38	is used.
	39	If
	40	.I local-name
	41	is a file, rather than a directory,
	42	.I remote-name
	43	is also assumed to be a file and the program degenerates into
	44	.IR diff(1) .
	45	.PP
	46	The option
	47	.B \-d
	48	does not diff altered files; only
	49	the summary by file names is prepared.
	50	.SH FILES
	51	Lots. Files zz[abcdeglmn]????? are used for scratch space;
	52	files brought back from the remote machine for
	53	.I diffing
	54	are stored (and left around) as
	55	.I name.?????
	56	and the final report is left in
	57	.I uudiff.?????
	58	(the exact name is reported by mail).
	59	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	60	diff(1), uucp(1)
	61	.SH DIAGNOSTICS
	62	Almost none. Anything more serious than misspelling
	63	.I local-name
	64	causes unpredictable and obscure results.
65	.SH BUGS
66	In addition to the standard
67	.I uucp
68	requirements a hook is needed at the remote
69	system, and at present is only installed
70	on the systems "research" and "inter".
71	.br
72	This program is written in shell and should be translated
73	to C so it could give diagnostics.
74	.br
75	Even if "remote-system" is the local system, uudiff
76	is subject to delays in uucp traffic.
77	.br
78	It should probably write the standard output, instead of insisting
79	on going into the background.
80	.br
81	Since checksums are used there is a probability of 1 in 2**32
82	of missing differences between files.
83	.br
84	The ~userid syntax is not recognized.