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From: edf@ROCKY2.ROCKEFELLER.EDU (David MacKenzie)
Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug
Subject: diff-1.7 usage
Message-ID: <8907211234.AA17789@rocky2>
Date: 21 Jul 89 12:34:55 GMT
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The GNU diff usage message would be more helpful if it
listed the actual options instead of just saying "-options".
Also, conventionally the word "Usage: " appears on the left
margin; this gives more room for enumerating those options too.

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David MacKenzie
System Administrator
Environmental Defense Fund
edf@rocky2.rockefeller.edu