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NAME
     slack-diff - compare file contents, modes, etc

SYNOPSIS
     slack-diff [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2

DESCRIPTION
     A wrapper for diff that displays file modes and other metadata changes.

     -u  -U NUM  --unified[=NUM]
	    Tell diff(1) to use unified output format.

     --diff PROG
	    Use this program for diffing, instead of diff.

     --fakediff
	    Make  a  fake diff for file modes and other things that are not file
	    contents.  Default is on, can be disabled with --nofakediff.

     -r  --recursive
	    Recursively compare any subdirectories found.

     -N  --new-file
	    Treat missing files as empty.  Default is on, can be  disabled  with
	    --nonew-file.

     --unidirectional-new-file
	    Treat only missing files in the first directory as empty.

     --from-file
	    Treat  arguments  as a list of files from which to read filenames to
	    compare, two lines at a time.

     -0  --null
	    Use NULLs instead of newlines as the separator in --from-file mode.

     --devnullhack
	    You have a version of diff that can't deal with -N when not  in  re-
	    cursive mode, so we need to feed it /dev/null instead of the missing
	    file.  Default is on, can be disabled with --nodevnullhack.

     --version
	    Output version info.

     --help
	    Output this help.

     FILES  are  `FILE1 FILE2' or `DIR1 DIR2' or `DIR FILE...' or `FILE... DIR'.
     If --from-file or --to-file is given, there are no restrictions  on  FILES.
     If a FILE is `-', read standard input.

SEE ALSO
     diff(1)

diffutils 2.8.1 		   April 2002				 DIFF(1)
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