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NAME
     diff3 - 3-way differential file comparison

SYNOPSIS
     diff3 [ -{e,x,3} ] file1 file2 file3

DESCRIPTION
     Diff3 compares three versions of a file, and publishes
     disagreeing ranges of text flagged with these codes:

     ====    all three files differ

     ====1   file1 is different

     ====2   file2 is different

     ====3   file3 is different

     The type of change suffered in converting a given range of a
     given file to some other is indicated in one of these ways:

     f : n1 a
             Text is to be appended after line number n1 in file
             f, where f = 1, 2, or 3.

     f : n1 , n2 c
             Text is to be changed in the range line n1 to line
             n2.  If n1 = n2, the range may be abbreviated to n1.

     The original contents of the range follows immediately after
     a c indication.  When the contents of two files are
     identical, the contents of the lower-numbered file is
     suppressed.

OPTIONS
     The following options are mutually exclusive:

     -e Publishes a script for the editor ed that will
        incorporate into file1 all changes between file2 and
        file3, i.e.  the changes that normally would be flagged
        ==== and ====3.

     -x Produces a script to incorporate only changes flagged
        ====.  The following command will apply the resulting
        script to file1.

          (cat script; echo '1,$p') | ed - file1

     -3 Same as -x except that it works on changes flagged ====3.

EXAMPLES
     The following example will print on standard out a script



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     for ed that will incorporate into ver1 all the changes
     flagged ====.

          diff3 -x ver1 ver2 ver3

FILES
     /tmp/d3????? Temporary data file

     /usr/lib/diff3
                  Output formatter

RETURN VALUE
     [NO_ERRS]      Command completed without error.

     [USAGE]        Incorrect command line syntax. Execution
                    terminated.

     [P_ERR]        A system error occurred. Execution
                    terminated.  See intro(2) for more
                    information on system errors.

     [INTERNAL]     An unexpected error occurred.  Execution was
                    terminated.  Record the message and save the
                    core file for analysis.  Contact service
                    personnel at your Tektronix field office.

CAVEATS
     Text lines that consist of a single `.' will defeat -e.

SEE ALSO
     diff(1) and rcsdiff(1rcs).
























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%%index%%
na:264,94;
sy:358,292;
de:650,1161;
op:1811,730;
ex:2541,152;3029,143;
fi:3172,183;
rv:3355,698;
ca:4053,170;
se:4223,164;
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