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   Message 262,283 of 264,096   
   Robert A. Brooks to Lawrence D'Oliveiro   
   Re: GNU diff command, was: Re: Fun trick   
   22 Jan 25 18:30:05   
   
   From: FIRST.LAST@vmssoftware.com   
      
   On 1/22/2025 17:30, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:58:01 +0100, hb0815 wrote:   
   >   
   >>     GDIFF == "MC GNV$GNU:[USR.BIN]DIFF"   
   >   
   > Is there any reason to choose this over   
   >   
   >      GDIFF == "$GNV$GNU:[USR.BIN]DIFF"   
      
   No; both do the same thing and both forms of the syntax will never go away,   
   even if the "MCR" form is technically unsupported.   
      
   I'm not saying it's unsupported, but several aspects of VMS are probably   
   unsupported   
   (like EDT), but will never go away.   
      
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