Comparing formatted files using the IDE

  1. Select File > Compare or the toolbar button to compare NetConfig formatted files in the NetConfig view. The Compare NetConfig Formatted Files dialog box is displayed. In this dialog box, you can compare one file with the current NetConfig formatted file of the current site, or compare two NetConfig formatted files.
    Use this dialog box to compare one file with the current NetConfig formatted file of the current site, or to compare two NetConfig formatted files.
  2. Specify the file name in the text box, or click Browse to navigate to the file location. The file to be compared must be located under the same root. The file browser is for navigating only under the same root.
  3. Select Compare with the NetConfig file of the site or Compare two NetConfig formatted files.
    When Compare with the NetConfig file of the site is selected, Second NetConfig Formatted File is disabled. Specify the file name in First NetConfig Formatted File or click Browse to navigate to the file location. Then, you can select the file to compare with the NetConfig file of the site. This is the default. The current file must be saved before comparing. Otherwise, when Compare is clicked, you are reminded that the comparison is based on the previously saved version.
    WhenCompare two NetConfig formatted files is selected, Second NetConfig Formatted File is enabled. Specify the file names, or click Browse to navigate to the file locations.
  4. Click Compare. The results are shown in the Compare NetConfig Output dialog box.
    The results describe the differences about certain components such as processes and threads in the NetConfig formatted files.
    For example, The new site has thread(s) not in the old: conn_1.
    If you compare with the NetConfig file of the site, then "new" indicates the current NetConfig formatted file. "old" indicates the NetConfig formatted file specified by baseNetConfig.
    If a comparison is performed between two NetConfig formatted files, then the result uses terms such as "first NetConfig" and "second NetConfig" instead of "old" and "new." The first file indicates the formatted file specified by baseNetConfig. The second file indicates the formatted file specified by [anotherNetConfig].
    This applies to both command line and dialog box mode.
  5. Click Done to close the dialog box.