Agreed with you, if the filename and last-modified date are the same
for both, the files could safely be considered the same (for most
purposes). I'm sure others could also suggest additional criteria.

--JP


On Sep 28, 3:54*pm, Bob I wrote:
Using the /b switch it looks like 5 bytes change. the first at 046c
offset and the last at 470 offset. the first increments by 16 and the
last increments by one. I don't know the purpose. I think it is save to
say that if you are same modified date and file size then the two files
are the same worksheets.