NAME

       kompare - a KDE GUI for viewing differences between files

SYNOPSIS

       kompare [ generic-options ]
       kompare [ generic-options ] [ -c ] URL1 URL2
       kompare [ generic-options ] [ -o [ -n ]] diff
       kompare [ generic-options ] -b URL diff

DESCRIPTION

       Kompare  is  a  graphical  user  interface  for  viewing the differences between two files.  It will also
       optionally create a diff file.

       Depending upon what is passed on the command line, Kompare can compare documents, display diff files  and
       blend diff files back into original documents.

       If  an  url  is  given as - then Kompare will read the corresponding file from standard input.  Thus (for
       instance) Kompare can be used as:

              cvs diff | kompare -o -

       This utility is part of the KDE Software Development Kit.

OPTIONS

       Below are the kompare-specific options.  For a full summary of options, run kompare --help.

       -b URL diff
              Blends diff into URL.  diff is expected to be diff output and URL the file or folder that the diff
              output needs to be blended into.

       -c URL1 URL2
              Compares URL1 with URL2.  This is the default mode if two URLs are passed.

       -n     Used with -o to stop Kompare from checking for the original file.

       -o diff
              Opens the given diff file.  This is the default mode if only one URL is passed.
              Kompare will check to see if it can find the original file(s).  If  it  can,  it  will  blend  the
              original  file(s) into the diff output and show the result in the viewer.  Passing -n will disable
              this check.

SEE ALSO

       The original documentation from the program author is available in /usr/share/doc/kompare/.

AUTHOR

       Kompare was written by John Firebaugh <jfirebaugh@kde.org>, Otto Bruggeman  <otto.bruggeman@home.nl>  and
       others.
       This  manual page was prepared by Ben Burton <bab@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be
       used by others).

                                                 March 25, 2005                                       KOMPARE(1)