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and
.I foo
might be directory hierarchies or single files.

If you are creating a patch file for
.B patch
to use, you should put the old file/directory first, and the 
new file/directory second: for example

.B diff
-u old-file new-file

or

.B diff
-ur old-directory new-directory
.SH SEE ALSO
cmp(1), comm(1), diff3(1), ed(1), patch(1), pr(1), sdiff(1).
.SH DIAGNOSTICS

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489	and	489	and
490	.I foo	490	.I foo
491	might be directory hierarchies or single files.	491	might be directory hierarchies or single files.
		492
		493	If you are creating a patch file for
		494	.B patch
		495	to use, you should put the old file/directory first, and the
		496	new file/directory second: for example
		497
		498	.B diff
		499	-u old-file new-file
		500
		501	or
		502
		503	.B diff
		504	-ur old-directory new-directory
492	.SH SEE ALSO	505	.SH SEE ALSO
493	cmp(1), comm(1), diff3(1), ed(1), patch(1), pr(1), sdiff(1).	506	cmp(1), comm(1), diff3(1), ed(1), patch(1), pr(1), sdiff(1).
494	.SH DIAGNOSTICS	507	.SH DIAGNOSTICS