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H O M E P A G E

xdiff - X11/Motif based file comparator and merge tool.

OVERVIEW

xdiff is a graphical utility for viewing the differences of a file and up to four revisions of that file. The text of the files is presented side by side with their differences aligned and highlighted in colour for easy identification. xdiff can be used to produce a merged version combining any or all of the differences. Simple editing features are also provided.

xdiff originated out of the desire to extend the capabilities of SGI's gdiff utility. It was also a good excuse to learn Motif programming. xdiff first appeared publicly on the INDYZONE II CD from SGI. That version, which i will call version 1.0, is now distributed with all SGI machines. It has come a long way since then and version 3.4 is the result. It isn't, by any stretch of the imagination, "finished" yet.

Versions 3.3 and 3.4 use an html page for documention in addition to the regular man page.
Click on the version number to see the html document. xdiff-v3.3 xdiff-v3.4

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Version 3.4 is available for IRIX, SUN, Linux AIX and HPUX.

Please send me mail if you take a copy of these.

Sorry i do not make the source available.

This software is supplied in the hope that it will be useful. It comes without warranty of any kind whatsoever.

Version 3.4

Please send me mail if you take a copy.

Executables:

Use your browsers 'save link as' to retreive these executables. They seem to loose their .gz extension but don't get gunziped after the download. So add the .gz extension gunzip it and chmod +x to get your executable. Don't forget to get the support files too. See below.

IRIX 6.5 mips4
IRIX 6.5 mips3
IRIX 6.2 mips2
SunOs 5.5.1
HP-UX 11.00 libXm.4 libXt.3 libX11.3 libc.2
HP-UX 10.20 libXm.2 libXt.2 libX11.2 libc.1
Compaq Alpha Tru64/OSF1 V5.1
AIX 4.3

Link your own on LINUX:

Use your browsers 'save link as' to retreive the object file. It seems to loose its .gz extension but doesn't get gunziped after the download. So add the .gz extension and gunzip it. To create the xdiff executable use the command.

cc -o xdiff xdiff3.4-LINUXintel.o -lXm -L /usr/X11R6/lib -lXt -lXmu -lX11

Yours may vary but you will know best. Don't forget to get the support files too. See below.

Object file for INTEL machines.

This is known to work for:

RedHat 7.0 and LessTif 0.91.4
RedHat 6.0 and RedHat Motif 2.1.10
RedHat 6.0/7.0 and openMotif. Add -lXp to the link line
cc -o xdiff xdiff3.4-LINUXintel.o -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXm -lXmu -lXp -lXt -lX11
SuSe 6.0/7.0, LessTif 0.91.4
Slackware 7.0, LessTif 0.89.0
Slackware 7.0, XFree 3.3.6, OpenMotif 2.1.30
Mandrake 6.1, LessTif 0.90.1
Mandrake 7.2, LessTif 0.91.4
Caldera OpenLinux 2.3, LessTif 0.92.6

Please let me know if it does or doesn't work for your configuration. Send along your link command so i can send it to people who are having problems.

Common support files:

You need this too.
Put the XDiff file in /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults or you will see xdiff in black and white instead of in colour.

All HTML documentation files.

Version 3.3

Please send me mail if you take a copy.

IRIX 5.3
IRIX 6.2 Also works on 6.3 6.4 6.5
AIX
SunOS 5.5.1
Linux compiled with Red Hat 5 and dynamically linked for Lesstif 0.82 not included.
All documentation files. html source and man page.
My app-defaults file for my personal accelerators and translations.

Version 2.0

Please send me mail if you take a copy.

IRIX 5.3
AIX
Sun/Solaris
HPUX
DEC ALPHA
Linux dynamically linked for Lesstif 0.78 not included.

Mail comments and suggestions to rudy@aw.sgi.com