COMPRLIB: compare the contents of two libraries

Description

Compares file entries in two libraries, listing files found in both libraries and those found in one but not the other. Options to compare record by record (using the DIFF utility).

Categories

Compare & Search
System Operation

Related files

COMPRLIB: Object file for utility.

DIFF: Called by COMPRLIB to compare source files and list the differences.

User Instructions

At the INPUT screen, enter the locations of the libraries to be compared. Select record comparison, output mode, and DIFF options and press (RETURN).

From the results screen, choose whether to run again, display files not found in a library, or print comparison results.

Press PF(04) from the results screen to display files found in both libraries. If there are differences in the files, the nature of these differences will be indicated with a code to the right of the file name. For a screen explaining the meanings of these codes, press PF(13).

Programmer Instructions

Selection screens can be run under program control; display options are interactive. If PRINT option is selected, the utility can be run without workstation intervention. DIFF must be in the same library as COMPRLIB.

INPUT       Press (RETURN) to continue or PF(16) to exit.

  LIBRARY1  (blank)     First library to be compared.
  VOLUME1   (blank)

  LIBRARY2  (blank)     Second library to be compared.
  VOLUME2   (blank)

  COMPARE   YES         Compare matched files by record with
                        the DIFF utility (YES/NO)?

  MODE      DISPLAY     Set to PRINT to create a report of
                        the results.  (Results from DISPLAY
                        option can also be printed.)

  DIFF      NO          Set to YES to invoke the DIFF utility
                        for source files.

Example of use

COMPRLIB lists files in one or both libraries, and indicates when there are differences in the files. Use to determine files that are missing from a production or test libraries.

Comments

Best used to find the existence or non-existence of files in two libraries. Works very quickly.