Update control file (WORD compare type)

Figure 1. Example of a UPDCNTL update file using WORD compare type

 1  *    NEW:  JLEVERIN TEST2    A                                 07/11/2008 12.17
 2  *    OLD:  JLEVERIN TEST1    A
 3  *  N-LINE-# N-LN-LEN N-COL WD-MAT-# N-WD-INS O-WD-DEL O-LINE-# O-LN-LEN O-COL
 4     00000001 00000003 00001 00000027                   00000001 00000003 00001
 5     00000003 00000001 00040          00000001 00000001 00000003 00000001 00040
 6     00000003 00000002 00046 00000009                   00000003 00000002 00046
 7     00000005 00000001 00001          00000013
 8  *  END

1: Comment line. Lists the new file name and the date and time of the comparison.
2: Comment line. Lists the old file name.
3: Header comment line. For information about the columns, see Table 1.
4: Beginning with line one column 1, of both files, the first twenty-seven words match. This takes us to line 3.
5: There is 1 word replaced in line 3. It begins in column forty of each file.
6: Beginning from the change in 5 , there are 9 more words that match.
7: A line of thirteen words was inserted at line 5.
8: Comment line. Ends the update file.

The following table shows the column numbers used for the UPDCNTL file:

Table 1. UPDCNTL update file format using WORD compare type
Column #	Identifier	Data Item
4-11	N-LINE-#	Beginning new line number
13-20	N-LN-LEN	Number of lines
22-26	N-COL	New column number (beginning of word)
28-35	WD-MAT-#	Number of matching words
37-44	N-WD-INS	Number of new inserted words
46-53	O-WD-DEL	Number of old deleted words
55-62	O-LINE-#	Beginning old line number
64-71	O-LN-LEN	Number of old lines
73-77	O-COL	Old column number