[plug] comparing files

[Jon Miller]

I would like to know how to compare 2 files of the same name and take the difference and merge it into the newer file.
I'm seen somewhere where it had to do with the diff command, but I'm not too sure about the merging of the differences.

Thanks

Jon L. Miller, MCNE
Director/Sr Systems Consultant
MMT Networks Pty Ltd
http://www.mmtnetworks.com.au

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