Need a tool to compare two C-source files

[JensBNielsen]

The two files are an old and a new version of my chessprogram Dabbaba.
Each file consists of about 10.000 text-lines.

I want to see which lines are added, deleted og changed - and don't want to bother about all the many lines that are unchanged.

[F. Bluemers]

WinMerge

[Jan Brouwer]

WinMerge

+1, also handy for comparing directories of files.

[Vinvin]

"Total commander" have an option to do that : select the 2 files and do : menu file -> compare by content.
Download it here : www.ghisler.com/

Vincent

[Dann Corbit]

WinMerge

+1, also handy for comparing directories of files.

And here's an AMEN from the congregation

[Sven]

You should consider BeyondCompare. It is a professional tool which is used by companies but you can get a 30-days evaluation license for nothing and it counts only those days where you actually use the tool

BC is really one of the best tools I have ever seen. (I don't get paid for that ...)

Sven

[steffan]

Eclipse has a 2-way (and 3-way) graphical diff and merge capability for text files. It can also perform recursive directory compares.

Comparisons can be performed between any files or directories in the workspace, or any historical versions stored either by Eclipse ("local history") or your choice of version control system (CVS, Subversion, Git, etc).

http://help.eclipse.org/ganymede/index. ... sks-68.htm

Cheers,
Steffan

[Robert Pope]

You can even do something with just MS Word, for a one-time solution. Open the first file, then do "Merge documents" and select the second file.

[JVMerlino]

WinMerge

+1, also handy for comparing directories of files.

And here's an AMEN from the congregation

HALLELUJAH! I used it just today....

jm

[CThinker]

The two files are an old and a new version of my chessprogram Dabbaba.
Each file consists of about 10.000 text-lines.

I want to see which lines are added, deleted og changed - and don't want to bother about all the many lines that are unchanged.

windiff