file comparison in .Net

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Venkat - 11 Apr 2005 11:42 GMT

I got to compare the contents of 2 files programatically. Is there any direct
or indirect .Net API to this task?

If there is no .Net API available, which is the best way to do..? Any
pointers will be of great help to me.

Thanks
Venkat

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Mattias Sj?gren - 11 Apr 2005 22:36 GMT

>I got to compare the contents of 2 files programatically. Is there any direct
>or indirect .Net API to this task?

Direct: No.
Indirect: The file APIs in the System.IO namespace.

>If there is no .Net API available, which is the best way to do..?

Open both files. Compare on whatever way you find suitable (byte by
byte or (text) line by line for example).

Mattias

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