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RCI > Compare To TargetRCI > Compare to Target brings up the Compare To Target dialog box. This command compares each selected program unit —— or each program unit within a single selected view —— with its corresponding file on the target and displays the name of each unit, using a warning message to indicate those that do not match and a positive message to indicate those that do match. This command only checks units that the RCI has recorded in the RCI target names file.
Compare To Target also lists the name of each unit that is registered in the RCI target names file but for which no target file exists.
Comparison Method > By Time Stamp and By Textual Comparison buttons
By default, Compare To Target determines that a host unit and target file do not match by comparing the host unit's edit time stamp with the target file's edit time stamp. If the target file's time stamp is later than that of the host unit, the units do not match. Selecting By Textual Comparison forces Compare To Target to instead perform a character-by-character comparison of the contents of the host unit and the target file. The two files do not match if any differences are found.
The APEX_OUTPUT_FILTER environment variable should specify the display of positive (those marked with a `+++') and warning (those marked with a `!!!') messages. The default value for APEX_OUTPUT_FILTER produces the correct behavior.
Note: The default method that the RCI uses to determine that a host unit does not match its corresponding target file is customizable, and in fact may not rely on time stamps as described here.
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