Q51078: FILECOMPARE Does Not Count Blank Lines

Article: Q51078
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:4.x,5.x
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 4.0, 4.01, 5.0, 5.0a 
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SUMMARY
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The following FC (FILECOMPARE) command should compare file1 to file2, ignoring
white space and adding line numbers to the differences report:

  fc /w/n file1 file2

Blank lines should be counted when computing the reported line numbers; however,
they are not counted.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MS-DOS versions 4.x and 5.x. This
problem was corrected in later versions of MS-DOS.

Additional query words: 4.01 5.00

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS400 kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS401 kbMSDOS500a
Version           : MS-DOS:4.x,5.x

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