# Characters "\>" in code-tags

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/characters-in-code-tags/76507>\
**Category:** Feedback & ideas\
**Tags:** Discussions-on-this-Forum-System, Feedback\
**Created:** [April 7, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/characters-in-code-tags/76507 "2008-04-07T21:53:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Matthias1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@Matthias1](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Matthias1)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/characters-in-code-tags/76507/1 "2008-04-07T21:53:47Z")

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The forum-software changes the content of the following code:

```auto
prompt> hexdump -Cv /path_to_dev_lib/GP/FRRX000N.NGN > FRRX000N.dev
prompt> hexdump -Cv /path_to_prod_lib/GP/FRRX000N.NGN > FRRX000N.prod
prompt> diff FRRX000N.dev FRRX000N.prod
2,3c2,3
< 00000010 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 08 00 12 06 01 01 16 00 00 |................|
< 00000020 46 52 52 58 30 30 30 4e c2 35 ad 80 bc bc a0 00 |FRRX000N.5......|
---
> 00000010 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 08 00 12 06 01 01 05 00 00 |................|
> 00000020 46 52 52 58 30 30 30 4e bc 4e 8f a5 2a 99 a0 00 |FRRX000N.N..*...|
43c43
< 000002a0 31 30 47 65 6e 65 72 69 63 5f 31 32 30 30 00 00 |10Generic_1200..|
---
> 000002a0 38 47 65 6e 65 72 69 63 5f 31 30 38 35 32 00 00 |8Generic_10852..|
57c57
< 00000380 20 20 41 ad 80 bc 60 a0 00 00 20 20 20 20 20 20 | A...`... |
---
> 00000380 20 20 41 4e 8f a5 2a 5d e0 00 20 20 20 20 20 20 | AN..*].. |
69c69
< 00000440 20 20 20 20 20 20 41 ad 80 bc 60 a0 00 00 20 20 | A...`... |
---
> 00000440 20 20 20 20 20 20 41 4e 8f a5 2a 5d e0 00 20 20 | AN..*].. |
```

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**Author:** ![Matthias1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@Matthias1](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Matthias1)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/characters-in-code-tags/76507/2 "2008-04-07T21:59:42Z")

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> [@Ralph Zbrog](#):
>
> Your technique was proposed at the Natural Conference a few years ago, and Software AG replied that the generated code could vary with each patchlevel of the compiler.

I think you’re right. The code could vary - but in most cases it doesn’t. I did some hexdumps and diffs on some GPs and most differences are like that (screendump of my shell):

```auto
prompt> hexdump -Cv /path_to_dev_lib/GP/FRRX000N.NGN > FRRX000N.dev
prompt> hexdump -Cv /path_to_prod_lib/GP/FRRX000N.NGN > FRRX000N.prod
prompt> diff FRRX000N.dev FRRX000N.prod
2,3c2,3
< 00000010 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 08 00 12 06 01 01 16 00 00 |................|
<00000020> 00000010 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 08 00 12 06 01 01 05 00 00 |................|
> 00000020 46 52 52 58 30 30 30 4e bc 4e 8f a5 2a 99 a0 00 |FRRX000N.N..*...|
43c43
<000002a0> 000002a0 38 47 65 6e 65 72 69 63 5f 31 30 38 35 32 00 00 |8Generic_10852..|
57c57
<00000380> 00000380 20 20 41 4e 8f a5 2a 5d e0 00 20 20 20 20 20 20 | AN..*].. |
69c69
<00000440> 00000440 20 20 20 20 20 20 41 4e 8f a5 2a 5d e0 00 20 20 | AN..*].. |
```

Differences are:

- natural Patchlevel (hexdump-line 010)
- the modules timestamp (hexdump-line 020)
- the OS-Version (hexdump-line 2a0)
- another timestamp (hexdump-line 380)
- another timestamp (hexdump-line 440)

The only thing I’ve done is a stow on FRRX000N.dev. FRRX000N.prod is from 2005-01-30. And my conclusion: The code itself is identical.

The problem remains: Natural-Patchlevel and the module’s time stamp is on a fixed position inside the GP. The OS-Version and the timestamps are “variable”.

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**Author:** ![Matthias1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@Matthias1](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Matthias1)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/characters-in-code-tags/76507/3 "2008-04-07T22:02:47Z")

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Please note, that the code of the 1st post was identical to the 2nd.

#2 is wrong

Very confusing…