uudiff \- directory comparison between machines
compares the files in the directory
.I system-name!directory-name
which files are added, deleted, or changed, and provides
of altered printable files.
(either the system or the directory)
the corresponding part of
is a file, rather than a directory,
is also assumed to be a file and the program degenerates into
does not diff altered files; only
the summary by file names is prepared.
Lots. Files zz[abcdeglmn]????? are used for scratch space;
files brought back from the remote machine for
are stored (and left around) as
and the final report is left in
(the exact name is reported by mail).
Almost none. Anything more serious than misspelling
causes unpredictable and obscure results.
In addition to the standard
requirements a hook is needed at the remote
system, and at present is only installed
on the systems "research" and "inter".
This program is written in shell and should be translated
to C so it could give diagnostics.
Even if "remote-system" is the local system, uudiff
is subject to delays in uucp traffic.
It should probably write the standard output, instead of insisting
on going into the background.
Since checksums are used there is a probability of 1 in 2**32
of missing differences between files.
The ~userid syntax is not recognized.