require Exporter;
use Carp;
-$VERSION = '1.1001';
+$VERSION = '1.1002';
@ISA = qw(Exporter);
@EXPORT = qw(compare);
-@EXPORT_OK = qw(cmp);
+@EXPORT_OK = qw(cmp compare_text);
$Too_Big = 1024 * 1024 * 2;
croak("Usage: compare( file1, file2 [, buffersize]) ")
unless(@_ == 2 || @_ == 3);
- my $from = shift;
- my $to = shift;
- my $closefrom=0;
- my $closeto=0;
- my ($size, $fromsize, $status, $fr, $tr, $fbuf, $tbuf);
- local(*FROM, *TO);
- local($\) = '';
+ my ($from,$to,$size) = @_;
+ my $text_mode = defined($size) && $size < 0;
+
+ my ($fromsize,$closefrom,$closeto);
+ local (*FROM, *TO);
croak("from undefined") unless (defined $from);
croak("to undefined") unless (defined $to);
*FROM = $from;
} else {
open(FROM,"<$from") or goto fail_open1;
- binmode FROM;
+ unless ($text_mode) {
+ binmode FROM;
+ $fromsize = -s FROM;
+ }
$closefrom = 1;
- $fromsize = -s FROM;
}
if (ref($to) &&
*TO = $to;
} else {
open(TO,"<$to") or goto fail_open2;
- binmode TO;
+ binmode TO unless $text_mode;
$closeto = 1;
}
- if ($closefrom && $closeto) {
+ if (!$text_mode && $closefrom && $closeto) {
# If both are opened files we know they differ if their size differ
goto fail_inner if $fromsize != -s TO;
}
- if (@_) {
- $size = shift(@_) + 0;
- croak("Bad buffer size for compare: $size\n") unless ($size > 0);
- } else {
- $size = $fromsize;
- $size = 1024 if ($size < 512);
- $size = $Too_Big if ($size > $Too_Big);
+ if ($text_mode) {
+ local $/ = "\n";
+ my ($fline,$tline);
+ while (defined($fline = <FROM>)) {
+ unless (defined($tline = <TO>) && $fline eq $tline) {
+ goto fail_inner;
+ }
+ }
+ goto fail_inner if defined($tline = <TO>);
}
+ else {
+ unless (defined($size) && $size > 0) {
+ $size = $fromsize;
+ $size = 1024 if $size < 512;
+ $size = $Too_Big if $size > $Too_Big;
+ }
- $fbuf = '';
- $tbuf = '';
- while(defined($fr = read(FROM,$fbuf,$size)) && $fr > 0) {
- unless (defined($tr = read(TO,$tbuf,$fr)) and $tbuf eq $fbuf) {
- goto fail_inner;
+ my ($fr,$tr,$fbuf,$tbuf);
+ $fbuf = $tbuf = '';
+ while(defined($fr = read(FROM,$fbuf,$size)) && $fr > 0) {
+ unless (defined($tr = read(TO,$tbuf,$fr)) && $tbuf eq $fbuf) {
+ goto fail_inner;
+ }
}
+ goto fail_inner if defined($tr = read(TO,$tbuf,$size)) && $tr > 0;
}
- goto fail_inner if (defined($tr = read(TO,$tbuf,$size)) && $tr > 0);
close(TO) || goto fail_open2 if $closeto;
close(FROM) || goto fail_open1 if $closefrom;
fail_open2:
if ($closefrom) {
- $status = $!;
+ my $status = $!;
$! = 0;
close FROM;
$! = $status unless $!;
*cmp = \&compare;
+# Using a negative buffer size puts compare into text_mode
+sub compare_text { compare(@_[0..1], -1) }
+
1;
__END__
File::Compare::cmp is a synonym for File::Compare::compare. It is
exported from File::Compare only by request.
+File::Compare::compare_text does a line by line comparison of the two
+files. It stops as soon as a difference is detected.
+
=head1 RETURN
File::Compare::compare return 0 if the files are equal, 1 if the