Unix diff in VBA

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Jonathan Scott via AccessMonster.com

Does anyone know of a module or some code in VBA that performs a function
similar to the "diff" utility on Unix? I would like to compare text and
display only the difference and the periphery, rather than the whole text.

Jonathan Scott
 
If you post in detail what the function should do, the posters here
should be able to create a VBA equivalent.
 
David,

That is what I did when I referenced the unix utility "diff". Please refer to
its man page for explicit details. I am looking for something along those
lines.

Jonathan Scott
 
Not in this case David. The Diff utility is an
extraordinalily complex algorithm that was refined over many
years by some extraordinary computer scientists.

Jonathan,
I am aware of only one version of Diff that ran on DOS
systems many, many years ago. It was part of the MKS
Toolkit, which, to a high degree, duplicated the System7
Unix Shell and all its utilities. I have no idea if it's
been updated to Windows or even if the package is still
available. Try searching the Web to see what you can find.
 
Jonathan,
I am aware of only one version of Diff that ran on DOS
systems many, many years ago. It was part of the MKS
Toolkit, which, to a high degree, duplicated the System7
Unix Shell and all its utilities. I have no idea if it's
been updated to Windows or even if the package is still
available. Try searching the Web to see what you can find.
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diff is in the Windows port of Gnu utils at
http://unxutils.sourceforge.net
 
John,

That is much appreciated! This should definitely work out well!

As my company doesn't allow downloading of large files (1MB is large???) it
would be very nice if I could download just the diff program. Does anyone
have a link to just the diff program?

Jonathan Scott


John said:
Jonathan,
I am aware of only one version of Diff that ran on DOS
Click to expand...
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
been updated to Windows or even if the package is still
available. Try searching the Web to see what you can find.
Click to expand...

diff is in the Windows port of Gnu utils at
http://unxutils.sourceforge.net
Click to expand...
 
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