Implement File Comparison#1

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Commits on Feb 14, 2025

Implemented getting file paths from user using stdin.
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Figured out how to get arguments passed from the command line.
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Commits on Feb 15, 2025

Added some test files.
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Commits on Feb 17, 2025

Added lines to read contents of provided files into memory.
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Decided to add extra empty lines to 'long_test.ha' to demonstrate how 'diff' handles white space in files.
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Added a new test file 'err_test.ha' which does not deal with the possible error when printing a line to the screen. Serves to demonstrate on 'diff' handles in-line differences.
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Added function stub for comparison function.
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Filled out parameters for comparison function. Moved code to read files into memory into the comparison function.
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Got rid of extra lines in 'long_test.ha' because it was more pertinent to understand how 'diff' consumes lines when files are of different lengths.
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Implemented a straightforward comparison of lines in a file. Implementation does not wait and save the group of lines which differs in each file.
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Commits on Mar 1, 2025

Added 'double_hello.ha' to test how 'diff' handles when different sections of two files match and mismatch.
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Rigged a while loop to disconnect indices for accessing files.
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Implemented a buffer to hold all lines from right-hand file which do not match the left-hand file.
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Added a TODO for memory leak.
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Changed buffer of lines to be a buffer to addresses to strings - this way strings are not constantly being copied. Fixed memory leak related to line buffer.
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Added loop to remove lines from buffer after contents have been printed to stdout.
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Commits on May 8, 2025