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diff --git a/pc/testoutcmp.awk b/pc/testoutcmp.awk
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+# cmp replacement program for PC where the error messages aren't
+# exactly the same.  should run even on old awk
+
+{
+	if (FNR == NR)
+		file = 0
+	else
+		file = 1
+	gsub(/\r/, "", $0)
+	lines[file, FNR] = $0
+}
+
+END {
+	if (NR/2 != FNR) {
+		printf("testoutcmp: warning: files are not of equal length!\n") > "/dev/stderr"
+		exit 1
+	}
+
+	for (i = 1; i <= FNR; i++) {
+		good = lines[0, i]
+		actual = lines[1, i]
+		if (good == actual)
+			continue
+
+		l = length(good)
+		if (substr(good, l, 1) == ")")
+			l--
+		if (substr(good, 1, l) == substr(actual, 1, l))
+			continue
+		else {
+			printf("%s and %s are not equal\n", ARGV[1],
+				ARGV[2]) > "/dev/stderr"
+			exit 1
+		}
+	}
+
+	exit 0
+}