Problems comparing files with binary information

aksel · Post by **aksel** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:07 pm

Here are two files that do not compare properly with Diffmerge.

The problem occurs around line 3482 of the version_xxx.vca file where there are some binary characters.

This problem does NOT exist in the regular SOS diff comparison tool.

jeffhostetler · Post by **jeffhostetler** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:27 am

This is a bug. The 2 files have a NUL byte on line 3482.
There's a problem in one of the libraries I'm using that's
using something like strlen() when it shouldn't be.

if you remove the NUL bytes, the files should compare correctly.

aksel · Post by **aksel** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:36 am

Thanks Jeff - I thought that might be it - but I wanted you to have some examples to make it easier to fix later on.

Thanks again - love DiffMerge!