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/*	$NetBSD: cmp.c,v 1.1.1.1 2016/01/13 03:15:30 christos Exp $	*/

/* cmp - compare two files byte by byte

   Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001,
   2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
   any later version.

   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
   See the GNU General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with this program; see the file COPYING.
   If not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
   59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */

#include "system.h"

#include <stdio.h>
#include <cmpbuf.h>
#include <c-stack.h>
#include <error.h>
#include <exitfail.h>
#include <freesoft.h>
#include <getopt.h>
#include <hard-locale.h>
#include <inttostr.h>
#include <setmode.h>
#include <xalloc.h>
#include <xstrtol.h>

#if defined LC_MESSAGES && ENABLE_NLS
# define hard_locale_LC_MESSAGES hard_locale (LC_MESSAGES)
#else
# define hard_locale_LC_MESSAGES 0
#endif

static char const authorship_msgid[] =
  N_("Written by Torbjorn Granlund and David MacKenzie.");

static char const copyright_string[] =
  "Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.";

extern char const version_string[];

static int cmp (void);
static off_t file_position (int);
static size_t block_compare (word const *, word const *);
static size_t block_compare_and_count (word const *, word const *, off_t *);
static void sprintc (char *, unsigned char);

/* Name under which this program was invoked.  */
char *program_name;

/* Filenames of the compared files.  */
static char const *file[2];

/* File descriptors of the files.  */
static int file_desc[2];

/* Status of the files.  */
static struct stat stat_buf[2];

/* Read buffers for the files.  */
static word *buffer[2];

/* Optimal block size for the files.  */
static size_t buf_size;

/* Initial prefix to ignore for each file.  */
static off_t ignore_initial[2];

/* Number of bytes to compare.  */
static uintmax_t bytes = UINTMAX_MAX;

/* Output format.  */
static enum comparison_type
  {
    type_first_diff,	/* Print the first difference.  */
    type_all_diffs,	/* Print all differences.  */
    type_status		/* Exit status only.  */
  } comparison_type;

/* If nonzero, print values of bytes quoted like cat -t does. */
static bool opt_print_bytes;

/* Values for long options that do not have single-letter equivalents.  */
enum
{
  HELP_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1
};

static struct option const long_options[] =
{
  {"print-bytes", 0, 0, 'b'},
  {"print-chars", 0, 0, 'c'}, /* obsolescent as of diffutils 2.7.3 */
  {"ignore-initial", 1, 0, 'i'},
  {"verbose", 0, 0, 'l'},
  {"bytes", 1, 0, 'n'},
  {"silent", 0, 0, 's'},
  {"quiet", 0, 0, 's'},
  {"version", 0, 0, 'v'},
  {"help", 0, 0, HELP_OPTION},
  {0, 0, 0, 0}
};

static void try_help (char const *, char const *) __attribute__((noreturn));
static void
try_help (char const *reason_msgid, char const *operand)
{
  if (reason_msgid)
    error (0, 0, _(reason_msgid), operand);
  error (EXIT_TROUBLE, 0,
	 _("Try `%s --help' for more information."), program_name);
  abort ();
}

static char const valid_suffixes[] = "kKMGTPEZY0";

/* Parse an operand *ARGPTR of --ignore-initial, updating *ARGPTR to
   point after the operand.  If DELIMITER is nonzero, the operand may
   be followed by DELIMITER; otherwise it must be null-terminated.  */
static off_t
parse_ignore_initial (char **argptr, char delimiter)
{
  uintmax_t val;
  off_t o;
  char const *arg = *argptr;
  strtol_error e = xstrtoumax (arg, argptr, 0, &val, valid_suffixes);
  if (! (e == LONGINT_OK
	 || (e == LONGINT_INVALID_SUFFIX_CHAR && **argptr == delimiter))
      || (o = val) < 0 || o != val || val == UINTMAX_MAX)
    try_help ("invalid --ignore-initial value `%s'", arg);
  return o;
}

/* Specify the output format.  */
static void
specify_comparison_type (enum comparison_type t)
{
  if (comparison_type)
    try_help ("options -l and -s are incompatible", 0);
  comparison_type = t;
}

static void
check_stdout (void)
{
  if (ferror (stdout))
    error (EXIT_TROUBLE, 0, "%s", _("write failed"));
  else if (fclose (stdout) != 0)
    error (EXIT_TROUBLE, errno, "%s", _("standard output"));
}

static char const * const option_help_msgid[] = {
  N_("-b  --print-bytes  Print differing bytes."),
  N_("-i SKIP  --ignore-initial=SKIP  Skip the first SKIP bytes of input."),
  N_("-i SKIP1:SKIP2  --ignore-initial=SKIP1:SKIP2"),
  N_("  Skip the first SKIP1 bytes of FILE1 and the first SKIP2 bytes of FILE2."),
  N_("-l  --verbose  Output byte numbers and values of all differing bytes."),
  N_("-n LIMIT  --bytes=LIMIT  Compare at most LIMIT bytes."),
  N_("-s  --quiet  --silent  Output nothing; yield exit status only."),
  N_("-v  --version  Output version info."),
  N_("--help  Output this help."),
  0
};

static void
usage (void)
{
  char const * const *p;

  printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION]... FILE1 [FILE2 [SKIP1 [SKIP2]]]\n"),
	  program_name);
  printf ("%s\n\n", _("Compare two files byte by byte."));
  for (p = option_help_msgid;  *p;  p++)
    printf ("  %s\n", _(*p));
  printf ("\n%s\n%s\n\n%s\n\n%s\n",
	  _("SKIP1 and SKIP2 are the number of bytes to skip in each file."),
	  _("SKIP values may be followed by the following multiplicative suffixes:\n\
kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1,000,000, M 1,048,576,\n\
GB 1,000,000,000, G 1,073,741,824, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y."),
	  _("If a FILE is `-' or missing, read standard input."),
	  _("Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>."));
}

int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
  int c, f, exit_status;
  size_t words_per_buffer;

  exit_failure = EXIT_TROUBLE;
  initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
  program_name = argv[0];
  setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
  bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
  textdomain (PACKAGE);
  c_stack_action (c_stack_die);

  /* Parse command line options.  */

  while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "bci:ln:sv", long_options, 0))
	 != -1)
    switch (c)
      {
      case 'b':
      case 'c': /* 'c' is obsolescent as of diffutils 2.7.3 */
	opt_print_bytes = 1;
	break;

      case 'i':
	ignore_initial[0] = parse_ignore_initial (&optarg, ':');
	ignore_initial[1] = (*optarg++ == ':'
			     ? parse_ignore_initial (&optarg, 0)
			     : ignore_initial[0]);
	break;

      case 'l':
	specify_comparison_type (type_all_diffs);
	break;

      case 'n':
	{
	  uintmax_t n;
	  if (xstrtoumax (optarg, 0, 0, &n, valid_suffixes) != LONGINT_OK)
	    try_help ("invalid --bytes value `%s'", optarg);
	  if (n < bytes)
	    bytes = n;
	}
	break;

      case 's':
	specify_comparison_type (type_status);
	break;

      case 'v':
	printf ("cmp %s\n%s\n\n%s\n\n%s\n",
		version_string, copyright_string,
		_(free_software_msgid), _(authorship_msgid));
	check_stdout ();
	return EXIT_SUCCESS;

      case HELP_OPTION:
	usage ();
	check_stdout ();
	return EXIT_SUCCESS;

      default:
	try_help (0, 0);
      }

  if (optind == argc)
    try_help ("missing operand after `%s'", argv[argc - 1]);

  file[0] = argv[optind++];
  file[1] = optind < argc ? argv[optind++] : "-";

  for (f = 0; f < 2 && optind < argc; f++)
    {
      char *arg = argv[optind++];
      ignore_initial[f] = parse_ignore_initial (&arg, 0);
    }

  if (optind < argc)
    try_help ("extra operand `%s'", argv[optind]);

  for (f = 0; f < 2; f++)
    {
      /* If file[1] is "-", treat it first; this avoids a misdiagnostic if
	 stdin is closed and opening file[0] yields file descriptor 0.  */
      int f1 = f ^ (strcmp (file[1], "-") == 0);

      /* Two files with the same name are identical.
	 But wait until we open the file once, for proper diagnostics.  */
      if (f && file_name_cmp (file[0], file[1]) == 0)
	return EXIT_SUCCESS;

      file_desc[f1] = (strcmp (file[f1], "-") == 0
		       ? STDIN_FILENO
		       : open (file[f1], O_RDONLY, 0));
      if (file_desc[f1] < 0 || fstat (file_desc[f1], stat_buf + f1) != 0)
	{
	  if (file_desc[f1] < 0 && comparison_type == type_status)
	    exit (EXIT_TROUBLE);
	  else
	    error (EXIT_TROUBLE, errno, "%s", file[f1]);
	}

      set_binary_mode (file_desc[f1], 1);
    }

  /* If the files are links to the same inode and have the same file position,
     they are identical.  */

  if (0 < same_file (&stat_buf[0], &stat_buf[1])
      && same_file_attributes (&stat_buf[0], &stat_buf[1])
      && file_position (0) == file_position (1))
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;

  /* If output is redirected to the null device, we may assume `-s'.  */

  if (comparison_type != type_status)
    {
      struct stat outstat, nullstat;

      if (fstat (STDOUT_FILENO, &outstat) == 0
	  && stat (NULL_DEVICE, &nullstat) == 0
	  && 0 < same_file (&outstat, &nullstat))
	comparison_type = type_status;
    }

  /* If only a return code is needed,
     and if both input descriptors are associated with plain files,
     conclude that the files differ if they have different sizes
     and if more bytes will be compared than are in the smaller file.  */

  if (comparison_type == type_status
      && S_ISREG (stat_buf[0].st_mode)
      && S_ISREG (stat_buf[1].st_mode))
    {
      off_t s0 = stat_buf[0].st_size - file_position (0);
      off_t s1 = stat_buf[1].st_size - file_position (1);
      if (s0 < 0)
	s0 = 0;
      if (s1 < 0)
	s1 = 0;
      if (s0 != s1 && MIN (s0, s1) < bytes)
	exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
    }

  /* Get the optimal block size of the files.  */

  buf_size = buffer_lcm (STAT_BLOCKSIZE (stat_buf[0]),
			 STAT_BLOCKSIZE (stat_buf[1]),
			 PTRDIFF_MAX - sizeof (word));

  /* Allocate word-aligned buffers, with space for sentinels at the end.  */

  words_per_buffer = (buf_size + 2 * sizeof (word) - 1) / sizeof (word);
  buffer[0] = xmalloc (2 * sizeof (word) * words_per_buffer);
  buffer[1] = buffer[0] + words_per_buffer;

  exit_status = cmp ();

  for (f = 0; f < 2; f++)
    if (close (file_desc[f]) != 0)
      error (EXIT_TROUBLE, errno, "%s", file[f]);
  if (exit_status != 0  &&  comparison_type != type_status)
    check_stdout ();
  exit (exit_status);
  return exit_status;
}

/* Compare the two files already open on `file_desc[0]' and `file_desc[1]',
   using `buffer[0]' and `buffer[1]'.
   Return EXIT_SUCCESS if identical, EXIT_FAILURE if different,
   >1 if error.  */

static int
cmp (void)
{
  off_t line_number = 1;	/* Line number (1...) of difference. */
  off_t byte_number = 1;	/* Byte number (1...) of difference. */
  uintmax_t remaining = bytes;	/* Remaining number of bytes to compare.  */
  size_t read0, read1;		/* Number of bytes read from each file. */
  size_t first_diff;		/* Offset (0...) in buffers of 1st diff. */
  size_t smaller;		/* The lesser of `read0' and `read1'. */
  word *buffer0 = buffer[0];
  word *buffer1 = buffer[1];
  char *buf0 = (char *) buffer0;
  char *buf1 = (char *) buffer1;
  int ret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
  int f;
  int offset_width;

  if (comparison_type == type_all_diffs)
    {
      off_t byte_number_max = MIN (bytes, TYPE_MAXIMUM (off_t));

      for (f = 0; f < 2; f++)
	if (S_ISREG (stat_buf[f].st_mode))
	  {
	    off_t file_bytes = stat_buf[f].st_size - file_position (f);
	    if (file_bytes < byte_number_max)
	      byte_number_max = file_bytes;
	  }

      for (offset_width = 1; (byte_number_max /= 10) != 0; offset_width++)
	continue;
    }

  for (f = 0; f < 2; f++)
    {
      off_t ig = ignore_initial[f];
      if (ig && file_position (f) == -1)
	{
	  /* lseek failed; read and discard the ignored initial prefix.  */
	  do
	    {
	      size_t bytes_to_read = MIN (ig, buf_size);
	      size_t r = block_read (file_desc[f], buf0, bytes_to_read);
	      if (r != bytes_to_read)
		{
		  if (r == SIZE_MAX)
		    error (EXIT_TROUBLE, errno, "%s", file[f]);
		  break;
		}
	      ig -= r;
	    }
	  while (ig);
	}
    }

  do
    {
      size_t bytes_to_read = buf_size;

      if (remaining != UINTMAX_MAX)
	{
	  if (remaining < bytes_to_read)
	    bytes_to_read = remaining;
	  remaining -= bytes_to_read;
	}

      read0 = block_read (file_desc[0], buf0, bytes_to_read);
      if (read0 == SIZE_MAX)
	error (EXIT_TROUBLE, errno, "%s", file[0]);
      read1 = block_read (file_desc[1], buf1, bytes_to_read);
      if (read1 == SIZE_MAX)
	error (EXIT_TROUBLE, errno, "%s", file[1]);

      /* Insert sentinels for the block compare.  */

      buf0[read0] = ~buf1[read0];
      buf1[read1] = ~buf0[read1];

      /* If the line number should be written for differing files,
	 compare the blocks and count the number of newlines
	 simultaneously.  */
      first_diff = (comparison_type == type_first_diff
		    ? block_compare_and_count (buffer0, buffer1, &line_number)
		    : block_compare (buffer0, buffer1));

      byte_number += first_diff;
      smaller = MIN (read0, read1);

      if (first_diff < smaller)
	{
	  switch (comparison_type)
	    {
	    case type_first_diff:
	      {
		char byte_buf[INT_BUFSIZE_BOUND (off_t)];
		char line_buf[INT_BUFSIZE_BOUND (off_t)];
		char const *byte_num = offtostr (byte_number, byte_buf);
		char const *line_num = offtostr (line_number, line_buf);
		if (!opt_print_bytes)
		  {
		    /* See POSIX 1003.1-2001 for this format.  This
		       message is used only in the POSIX locale, so it
		       need not be translated.  */
		    static char const char_message[] =
		      "%s %s differ: char %s, line %s\n";

		    /* The POSIX rationale recommends using the word
		       "byte" outside the POSIX locale.  Some gettext
		       implementations translate even in the POSIX
		       locale if certain other environment variables
		       are set, so use "byte" if a translation is
		       available, or if outside the POSIX locale.  */
		    static char const byte_msgid[] =
		      N_("%s %s differ: byte %s, line %s\n");
		    char const *byte_message = _(byte_msgid);
		    bool use_byte_message = (byte_message != byte_msgid
					     || hard_locale_LC_MESSAGES);

		    printf ((use_byte_message
			     ? byte_message
			     : "%s %s differ: char %s, line %s\n"),
			    file[0], file[1], byte_num, line_num);
		  }
		else
		  {
		    unsigned char c0 = buf0[first_diff];
		    unsigned char c1 = buf1[first_diff];
		    char s0[5];
		    char s1[5];
		    sprintc (s0, c0);
		    sprintc (s1, c1);
		    printf (_("%s %s differ: byte %s, line %s is %3o %s %3o %s\n"),
			    file[0], file[1], byte_num, line_num,
			    c0, s0, c1, s1);
		}
	      }
	      /* Fall through.  */
	    case type_status:
	      return EXIT_FAILURE;

	    case type_all_diffs:
	      do
		{
		  unsigned char c0 = buf0[first_diff];
		  unsigned char c1 = buf1[first_diff];
		  if (c0 != c1)
		    {
		      char byte_buf[INT_BUFSIZE_BOUND (off_t)];
		      char const *byte_num = offtostr (byte_number, byte_buf);
		      if (!opt_print_bytes)
			{
			  /* See POSIX 1003.1-2001 for this format.  */
			  printf ("%*s %3o %3o\n",
				  offset_width, byte_num, c0, c1);
			}
		      else
			{
			  char s0[5];
			  char s1[5];
			  sprintc (s0, c0);
			  sprintc (s1, c1);
			  printf ("%*s %3o %-4s %3o %s\n",
				  offset_width, byte_num, c0, s0, c1, s1);
			}
		    }
		  byte_number++;
		  first_diff++;
		}
	      while (first_diff < smaller);
	      ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
	      break;
	    }
	}

      if (read0 != read1)
	{
	  if (comparison_type != type_status)
	    {
	      /* See POSIX 1003.1-2001 for this format.  */
	      fprintf (stderr, _("cmp: EOF on %s\n"), file[read1 < read0]);
	    }

	  return EXIT_FAILURE;
	}
    }
  while (read0 == buf_size);

  return ret;
}

/* Compare two blocks of memory P0 and P1 until they differ,
   and count the number of '\n' occurrences in the common
   part of P0 and P1.
   If the blocks are not guaranteed to be different, put sentinels at the ends
   of the blocks before calling this function.

   Return the offset of the first byte that differs.
   Increment *COUNT by the count of '\n' occurrences.  */

static size_t
block_compare_and_count (word const *p0, word const *p1, off_t *count)
{
  word l;		/* One word from first buffer. */
  word const *l0, *l1;	/* Pointers into each buffer. */
  char const *c0, *c1;	/* Pointers for finding exact address. */
  size_t cnt = 0;	/* Number of '\n' occurrences. */
  word nnnn;		/* Newline, sizeof (word) times.  */
  int i;

  nnnn = 0;
  for (i = 0; i < sizeof nnnn; i++)
    nnnn = (nnnn << CHAR_BIT) | '\n';

  /* Find the rough position of the first difference by reading words,
     not bytes.  */

  for (l0 = p0, l1 = p1;  (l = *l0) == *l1;  l0++, l1++)
    {
      l ^= nnnn;
      for (i = 0; i < sizeof l; i++)
	{
	  cnt += ! (unsigned char) l;
	  l >>= CHAR_BIT;
	}
    }

  /* Find the exact differing position (endianness independent).  */

  for (c0 = (char const *) l0, c1 = (char const *) l1;
       *c0 == *c1;
       c0++, c1++)
    cnt += *c0 == '\n';

  *count += cnt;
  return c0 - (char const *) p0;
}

/* Compare two blocks of memory P0 and P1 until they differ.
   If the blocks are not guaranteed to be different, put sentinels at the ends
   of the blocks before calling this function.

   Return the offset of the first byte that differs.  */

static size_t
block_compare (word const *p0, word const *p1)
{
  word const *l0, *l1;
  char const *c0, *c1;

  /* Find the rough position of the first difference by reading words,
     not bytes.  */

  for (l0 = p0, l1 = p1;  *l0 == *l1;  l0++, l1++)
    continue;

  /* Find the exact differing position (endianness independent).  */

  for (c0 = (char const *) l0, c1 = (char const *) l1;
       *c0 == *c1;
       c0++, c1++)
    continue;

  return c0 - (char const *) p0;
}

/* Put into BUF the unsigned char C, making unprintable bytes
   visible by quoting like cat -t does.  */

static void
sprintc (char *buf, unsigned char c)
{
  if (! ISPRINT (c))
    {
      if (c >= 128)
	{
	  *buf++ = 'M';
	  *buf++ = '-';
	  c -= 128;
	}
      if (c < 32)
	{
	  *buf++ = '^';
	  c += 64;
	}
      else if (c == 127)
	{
	  *buf++ = '^';
	  c = '?';
	}
    }

  *buf++ = c;
  *buf = 0;
}

/* Position file F to ignore_initial[F] bytes from its initial position,
   and yield its new position.  Don't try more than once.  */

static off_t
file_position (int f)
{
  static bool positioned[2];
  static off_t position[2];

  if (! positioned[f])
    {
      positioned[f] = 1;
      position[f] = lseek (file_desc[f], ignore_initial[f], SEEK_CUR);
    }
  return position[f];
}