File Compare Utility
by Ainsley Pereira

This utility takes the filenames of two files and compares the files byte by byte to see if they are the same. When this application is run, a filer window will open containing the program source (CompSrc) and the comparison utility (Compare).

To use it, just type *Compare from the Command Line (having made sure that the utility is in the Currently Selected Directory (CSD) or your Library directory), or double-click on the Compare utility. You will be prompted to type in the two filenames (you can just type the names of the files if they are in the CSD, otherwise you must type in the full pathnames). After a short pause (the length of which depends on the length of the files) you will get one of two messages: "Files are exactly the same" or "Files are different at offset &xxxxxx", where &xxxxxx is the offset from the beginning of the file of the first difference.