File::Compare(3) Perl Programmers Reference GuideFile::Compare(3)NAMEFile::Compare - Compare files or filehandles
SYNOPSIS
use File::Compare;
if (compare("file1","file2") == 0) {
print "They're equal\n";
}
DESCRIPTION
The File::Compare::compare function compares the contents
of two sources, each of which can be a file or a file
handle. It is exported from File::Compare by default.
File::Compare::cmp is a synonym for
File::Compare::compare. It is exported from File::Compare
only by request.
RETURN
File::Compare::compare return 0 if the files are equal, 1
if the files are unequal, or -1 if an error was
encountered.
AUTHORFile::Compare was written by Nick Ing-Simmons. Its
original documentation was written by Chip Salzenberg.
16/Sep/1999 perl 5.005, patch 03 1