cvs diff howto?

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Svein,

> You will probably think this is a stupid, newbie question, but I'm
> trying anyway: First I download the latest version of the binutils
> repository and then I do a couple of changes that should be sent to
> this list. What is the preferred way to invoke diff? Run it manually
> by using diff or by using cvs diff? I expect the latter to be the best
> thing, and what is the recommended command-line options to use with
> this kind of diff? Examples is very appreciated...

I recommend:

        cvs diff -c3p <name-of-file>

Cheers
        Nick