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Old 09-27-2006
Andrek Andrek is offline
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Basicly you need to get the remote file back to your local system to be able "diff" the two. Mount via nfs, or try a "rcp" to get a copy...

Can't think of a way you can use "diff" on two files where one is local and the other is remote?