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FILCOM V21B(60)

FILCOM compares two files in either ASCII mode or binary depending
upon switches or file name extensions. All standard binary extensions
are recognized as binary by default.

COMMAND FORMAT
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*output dev:file.exe [directory] = input dev(1):file.ext [directory],
                                   input dev(2):file.ext [directory]

	output dev:	=  the device on which the differences are to be output.

	input dev:	=  the device on which an input file resides.

Switches are :-
/A compare in ASCII mode
/B allow compare of Blank lines
/C ignore Comments and spacing
/E file is in .EXE format
/S ignore Spacing
/H type this Help text
/#L Lower limit for partial compare
	or number of Lines to be matched
	( # represents an octal number)
/#U Upper limit for partial compare
/Q quick compare only, give error message if files differ
/U compare in ASCII Update mode
/W compare in Word mode but don't expand files
/X expand files before word mode compare