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   Message 262,287 of 264,096   
   Dave Froble to Simon Clubley   
   Re: GNU diff command, was: Re: Fun trick   
   24 Jan 25 19:59:07   
   
   From: davef@tsoft-inc.com   
      
   On 1/24/2025 8:05 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   > On 2025-01-22, Robert A. Brooks  wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   >   
   > $ set response/mode=good_natured   
   >   
   > TECO went away...   
   >   
   > Simon.   
   >   
      
   No, it just didn't tag along ...   
      
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