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FILCOM.DOC -- Changes from V20A(17) to V20B(40)
September 1978
COPYRIGHT (C) 1976,1977,1978 BY
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, MAYNARD, MASS.
THIS SOFTWARE IS FURNISHED UNDER A LICENSE AND MAY BE USED AND COPIED
ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF SUCH LICENSE AND WITH THE
INCLUSION OF THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICE. THIS SOFTWARE OR ANY OTHER
COPIES THEREOF MAY NOT BE PROVIDED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO ANY
OTHER PERSON. NO TITLE TO AND OWNERSHIP OF THE SOFTWARE IS HEREBY
TRANSFERRED.
THE INFORMATION IN THIS SOFTWARE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY DIGITAL EQUIPMENT
CORPORATION.
DIGITAL ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE USE OR RELIABILITY OF ITS
SOFTWARE ON EQUIPMENT WHICH IS NOT SUPPLIED BY DIGITAL.
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FILCOM.DOC -- Changes from 20A(17) to 20B(40)
September 1978
1.0 SUMMARY
The FILCOM program compares two files and outputs the differences
between them.
With FILCOM you may compare both ASCII files and binary files. FILCOM
compares ASCII files line by line and binary files word by word.
FILCOM runs under all releases of TOPS-20.
FILCOM requires the TOPS-10 Compatibility Package (PA1050) to reside
on SYS: to run correctly.
FILCOM is documented in the DECSYSTEM-20 User's Guide.
2.0 EXTERNAL CHANGES
There are no external changes in FILCOM for Release 3A.
3.0 KNOWN RESTRICTIONS AND DEFICIENCIES
FILCOM will not correctly expand TOPS-20 .EXE files. These files
should be comared in "word" mode using /W.
4.0 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
4.1 Files Needed to Run FILCOM
<SUBSYS>PA1050.EXE
<SUBSYS>FILCOM.EXE
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4.2 Instructions for Loading and Installing
Mount the tape labeled Distribution Tape on MTA0: and type the
following commands:
R DUMPER
TAPE MTA0:
REWIND
DENSITY 1600-BPI
SKIP 2
RESTORE <*>FILCOM.EXE (TO) SYS:*.*.-1
REWIND
4.3 Files Needed to Build FILCOM
FILCOM.MAC
HELPER.REL
In addition, the following files must be on <SUBSYS>:
MACREL.REL
MACSYM.UNV
MONSYM.UNV
4.4 Instructions for Building FILCOM
Mount the tape labeled Distribution Tape on MTA0: and type the
following commands:
R DUMPER
TAPE MTA0:
REWIND
DENSITY 1600-BPI
SKIP 3
RESTORE <*>*.* (TO) <self>*.*
REWIND
^C
SUBMIT FILCOM/TIME:1:0:0
4.5 Special Considerations
None.
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5.0 INTERNAL CHANGES
Refer to FILCOM.TCO for detailed information about changes to FILCOM.
6.0 SUGGESTIONS
None.
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