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Will perform a diff on Two Sorted Text Files.

Most cases diff(1) is better, but if you need to compare 2 Very Large Extracts from say two different databases, this will work fine. But, the Files must be in sorted order.

This works fine under Linux, BSD(s) and AIX.

You should use diff(1) if possible. This was created to compare very large files extracted from SQL Databases on Systems that have a memory constrained diff(1).

To compile:

• If "DESTDIR" is not set, will install under /usr/local
• Execute ./build.sh to create a Makefile
• Works on Linux, BSD and AIX

Will install:

• Binary jdiff
• Manual jdiff.1[.gz] depending on OS