Re: Making diff(1) of linux kernels faster

Horst von Brand
2001-10-18T00:26:03Z

=?iso-8859-1?q?willy=20tarreau?= <wtarreau@yahoo.fr> said:

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> Be very careful not to modify a multi-linked file, or
> it will be damaged in all trees and won't be seen by
> diff. your editor must unlink before saving.

Most don't. ed(1), vi(1) and emacs(1) are careful tro write to the very
same file. jed(1) is the only outlier I'm aware of...
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