HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 1M System Administration Commands N-Z (vol 4)

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pdfdiff(1M) pdfdiff(1M)
NAME
pdfdiff - compare two Product Description Files
SYNOPSIS
pdfdiff [-n][-p percent ] pdf1 pdf2
DESCRIPTION
pdfdiff is a program that compares two PDF
s (Product Description Files). The PDFs can be generated
using the
mkpdf command (see mkpdf(1M)). Individual fields in the
PDFs are compared, and differences
found in these fields are reported. For a detailed explanation of the
PDF fields see pdf(4).
The report format is:
pathname: diff_ field[(details) ][ ,...]
diff_ field is one of the field names specified in pdf(4). The format of details is ‘‘oldvalue −> newvalue’’ and
may include an additional ‘‘(added description)’’.
A summary of total product growth in bytes,
DEV_BSIZE disk blocks, and the percentage change in disk
blocks is reported. This summary includes growth of all files, including those for which growth did not
exceed the threshhold percent. Format of the growth summary is:
Growth: x bytes, y blocks (z%)
Options
pdfdiff recognizes the following options:
-n Compare numerical representation of user
ID uid and group ID gid of each file, instead
of the usual text representation. If owner or group is recorded in the
PDF as a name,
look the name up in the
/etc/passwd or /etc/group file, respectively, to find
the ID number.
-p percent specifies a threshhold percentage for file growth. Files having a net size change
greater than or equal to this percentage are reported. A decrease in size is reported
as a negative number. If -p is not specified, a default value of zero percent is used.
EXAMPLES
The following output results when the /usr/bin/cat entry in the example from pdf(4) is different in
the compared PDF:
/usr/bin/cat: mode(-r-xr-xr-x -> -r-sr-xr-x)(became suid), size(27724 -> 10345),
checksum(1665 -> 398)
Growth: -17379 bytes, -17 blocks (-4%)
WARNING
Use of PDFs is discouraged since this functionality is obsolete and is being replaced with Software Distribu-
tor (see sd(4)).
FILES
/system/fileset_name/pdf
SEE ALSO
mkpdf(1M), pdfck(1M), pdf(4).
HP-UX 11i Version 1: September 2005 − 1 − Hewlett-Packard Company Section 1M−−667