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to: ED VANCE
from: HARRY POTTER
date: 2015-11-10 06:18:00
subject: Re: Compare two files in

On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 7:55:57 AM UTC-5, Ed Vance wrote:
> VBINDIFF doesn't sound like a C= PRG, I'll look it up on ask.com to find out
> about it.
> 
It's not.  It's a Windows program.

> I have D/L'd the VICE emulator but not tried to use it.
> 
> I just thought if You were using a MS Compatiable Computer it would be easy
> for You to do the Command Line Method, I compare files all the time with FC.
> 
> Free Commander XE I think also has a File Compare setting.
> 
> At the moment I can't think of any Commodore 64 Utility Programs that does a
> File Compare.
> 
> I don't think I ever did a FC on my C=64 PC.
> 
> A Sector Editor might do that, I don't know.
> 
Well, I *could* simply extract a test file from a disk image and compare it to
another file already in the PC file system.  There are two problems, though: 1.
This will require a little extra work, even when using batch files, and; 2. it
won't help with 
testing a SFX file: I can't compare memory to a file on disk.  I know about the
VERIFY command, but it will not be available after decrunching (spelling
check!) the program in memory and before running the program.

I am mainly trying to compare two files on a floppy disk image or one on a
floppy image to a program in memory for the purpose of debugging file
compression.

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