Not that I was originally in this conversation anyway, but that link does look helpful. It seems that those folks seem to dabble in quite a few things. From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of E.J. Zufelt Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 1:30 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: finding differences in files wget is also a great utility on that list. Thanks david for the URL. Everett Zufelt http://zufelt.ca Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/ezufelt View my LinkedIn Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt On 2011-09-18, at 1:15 AM, David Tseng wrote: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages.html Diffutils is handy. So are many of the other packages they've ported...such as patch (when you have to apply one you've received in one form or another). On 9/17/11, E.J. Zufelt <lists@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:lists@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: I'mnot sure about Windows, but on linux, or through cvs / git / most other VCSs I use diff. E.g. in a git repo I do: git diff file-list Which creates a diff of the differencs between the current files and the tip of the branch I'm on. Or, on the linux command prompt: diff file1 file2 Which creates a diff of the two files. HTH, Everett Zufelt http://zufelt.ca Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/ezufelt View my LinkedIn Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt On 2011-09-18, at 12:32 AM, Jeff Bishop wrote: Hello, What tools are people using these days for finding differences in files that are accessible? Jeff __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind