01-18-2009
There may be other methods. A quick answer would be "man bdiff" but it is not usual to run diff of bdiff on very large files.
Please state:
Precise version of Unix/Linux.
Approximate size of each data file.
Amount of free disc space in directories root /tmp /usr/tmp and /var/tmp . Are any of these directories links or mountpoints already? Your problem only makes sense if /usr/tmp is linked to /var/tmp in some way or maybe root /usr and /var are on the same filesystem
Are the files sorted text files ? If not, are they in any particular order?
What you want to know from the "diff" command?
Do you just want to just know if the files are different?
Do you want to count the differences?
Do you want to see every difference?
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ZDIFF(1) General Commands Manual ZDIFF(1)
NAME
zcmp, zdiff - compare compressed files
SYNOPSIS
zcmp [ cmp_options ] file1 [ file2 ]
zdiff [ diff_options ] file1 [ file2 ]
DESCRIPTION
Zcmp and zdiff are used to invoke the cmp or the diff program on files compressed via gzip. All options specified are passed directly to
cmp or diff. If only file1 is specified, it is compared to the uncompressed contents of file1.gz. If two files are specified, their con-
tents (uncompressed if necessary) are fed to cmp or diff. The input files are not modified. The exit status from cmp or diff is pre-
served.
SEE ALSO
cmp(1), diff(1), zmore(1), zgrep(1), znew(1), zforce(1), gzip(1), gzexe(1)
BUGS
Messages from the cmp or diff programs may refer to file names such as "-" instead of to the file names specified.
ZDIFF(1)