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pcomp
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tHE pcomp uTILITY IS A COMPREHENSIVE dISK/fILE cOMPARE uTILITY.  iT ALLOWS THE USER TO LOCATE INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN DISKS OR FILES.  aLL ldos SUPPORTED DISK DEVICES MAY BE OPERATED ON, INCLUDING sINGLE/dOUBLE dENSITY, sINGLE/dOUBLE sIDED, 5" AND 8" FLOPPIES AND FIXED/REMOVABLE RIGID DISK SYSTEMS.  tHE SYNTAX OF THE pcomp COMMAND IS:
 
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          !  pcomp,*,:A,B,C,D,:E,F,G                          !
          !  pcomp,*,FILE1,FILE2,H                            !
          !                                                   !
          !          *   = OUTPUT TO PRINTER                  !
          !          :A  = SOURCE DRIVE (0-7)                 !
          !          B   = SOURCE TRACK (DEFAULT 0)           !
          !          C   = SOURCE SECTOR (DEFAULT 0)          !
          !          D   = SECTOR COUNT (DEFAULT TO DISK END) !
          !          :E  = DESTINATION DRIVE (0-7)            !
          !          F   = DESTINATION TRACK (DEFAULT 0)      !
          !          G   = DESTINATION SECTOR (DEFAULT 0)     !
          !          FILE1, FILE2 = ANY VALID ldos FILESPEC   !
          !          H   = STARTING RELATIVE SECTOR (DEF 0)   !
          !                                                   !
          !  ABBR: none                                       !
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     aFTER SELECTING THE DESIRED PARAMETERS, THE SOURCE DATA WILL BE LOADED FROM DISK ONE SECTOR AT A TIME, AND COMPARED TO THE SPECIFIED DESTINATION SECTOR.  iF ANY BYTES DO NOT MATCH, THEIR LOCATIONS WILL BE REPORTED IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT:
 
:X, cYL XXX, sIDE X, sECT XXX <<==>> :X, cYL XXX, sIDE X, sECT XXX
aT rELATIVE bYTE XXX (XXh) FOR XXX (XXh) BYTE(S).
 
dATA mISMATCH fILE rELATIVE sECTOR XXXXX.
aT rELATIVE bYTE XXX (XXh) FOR XXX (XXh) BYTE(S).
 
     tHIS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ALL BYTES IN THE SECTORS HAVE BEEN COMPARED.  wHEN ALL SECTORS HAVE BEEN COMPARED, THE FOLLOWING WILL BE DISPLAYED:
 
XXXXX tOTAL sECTORS cOMPARED.
XXXXX sECTORS dID nOT mATCH.
XXXXX+bYTES dID nOT mATCH.
 
     tHE PLUS SIGN AT THE BYTE MISMATCH MESSAGE WILL APPEAR IF MORE THAN 65535 (ffffh) BYTES TOTAL DID NOT MATCH, OTHERWISE IT WILL BE ABSENT.

