This program gives out the uncommon patches between the two files that are given as argument. The data file has to be the "showrev -a" or "patchadd -p" output and it is assumed that patch id will be 6+2 digits long. There are two different executables compiled for the Sparc and the x86 platforms. The pcmp_sparc is the Sparc platform version and the pcmp_x86 is the x86 platform version. The source of the program is also attached as pcmp.c. Before running the program, store the showrev -a, showrev -p or patchadd -p results in the files and . Then run the program the as below: first_file second_file For Example, in a Sparc based system : $./pcmp_sparc /tmp/firstfile /tmp/secondfile This program gives out the uncommon patches between the two files that are given as argument. The data file has to be the "showrev -a" or "patchadd -p" output and it is assumed that patch id will be 6+2 digits long. Date today is Thu May 10 15:40:52 2001 Hostname: hostA Hostname: hostB Release: 5.7 Release: 5.7 =========================================== 104768-06 105062-03 105063-01 106328-08 106542-11 106542-05 106737-03 . . . 107545-03 107588-01 107793-01 107973-01 . . 109710-01 110282-01 Here, the patches unique to each system are present in the appropriate column. Patches which are common to both systems but differ in their revision level are printed together. Patches common to both systems are not printed.