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File::Compare

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Updated: perl 5.004, patch 04
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NAME

File::Compare - Compare files or filehandles

SYNOPSIS

        use File::Compare;

        if (compare("file1","file2") == 0) {            print "They're equal\n";        }

DESCRIPTION

The File::Compare::compare function compares the contents of twosources, each of which can be a file or a file handle. It is exportedfrom File::Compare by default.

File::Compare::cmp is a synonym for File::Compare::compare. It isexported from File::Compare only by request.

RETURN

File::Compare::compare return 0 if the files are equal, 1 if thefiles are unequal, or -1 if an error was encountered.

AUTHOR

File::Compare was written by Nick Ing-Simmons.Its original documentation was written by Chip Salzenberg.

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