Cocoa API - Does it contain a diff api?

Question

I'm wondering if there is a diff API in Cocoa, I've attempted to google it but its not bring back any results that are useful.

If there isn't an API for this would it be better to call diff from /usr/bin/ or to write my own diff.

All I need it for is text-files with a possibility of branching out into binaries and folders later.

Thanks

James

Answer 1

You would normally just use diff itself. All the command line tools are accessible via NSTask and NSPipe. It's trivial to write a wrapper class that manages it all for you.