bincmp.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(argc, argv)
int argc;
char **argv;
{
  FILE *f1,*f2;
  unsigned char c1,c2;
  long pos = 0;
  
  if (argc != 3)
  {
    fprintf(stderr, "calling convention: %s <file1> <file2>\n", argv[0]);
    return 1;
  }

  f1 = fopen(argv[1], "rb");
  if (f1 == NULL)
  {
    perror(argv[1]);
    exit(2);
  }
  f2 = fopen(argv[2], "rb");
  if (f2 == NULL)
   {
    perror(argv[2]);
    exit(2);
   }

  while ((!feof(f1)) && (!feof(f2)))
  {
    fread(&c1, 1, 1, f1);
    fread(&c2, 1, 1, f2);
    if (c1 != c2)
    {
      fprintf(stderr,"compare error at position %d\n",pos);
      fclose(f1);
      fclose(f2);
      exit(3);
    }
    pos++;
  }

  if (feof(f1) != feof(f2))
  {
    fprintf(stderr,"files have different sizes\n");
    fclose(f1);
    fclose(f2);
    exit(4);
  }

  fclose(f1);
  fclose(f2);
 return 0;
}