Re: DIFF Utility for Binary Files?

2002-10-15 Thread Jeffrey C Barnard 

I found the utility xdelta. Pretty cool.
Allows you to compare 2 file and create a compressed delta file.
The delta file has MD5SUMs of both files.
The xdelta patch option will apply the delta file to create the new file.

This should allow you to send only what changed in a file to a user instead of
the whole file.

Regards,
Jeff
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Jeffrey C Barnard
Barnard Software, Inc. http://www.bsiopti.com
Phone 407-323-4773 Fax 407-323-4775

Re: DIFF Utility for Binary Files?

2002-10-14 Thread Post, Mark K 

Jeff,

Not that I'm aware of (per se).  You can use the -a switch to force files
to be treated as text, even if they don't seem to be.

I'd also be really curious as to how this would be useful for binary files.
What are you trying to do?

Mark Post

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Is there a DIFF type utility for comparing 2 binary files and creating a
change
file?

Regards,
Jeff
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Jeffrey C Barnard
Barnard Software, Inc. http://www.bsiopti.com
Phone 407-323-4773 Fax 407-323-4775

DIFF Utility for Binary Files?

2002-10-11 Thread Jeffrey C Barnard 

Is there a DIFF type utility for comparing 2 binary files and creating a change
file?

Regards,
Jeff
--
Jeffrey C Barnard
Barnard Software, Inc. http://www.bsiopti.com
Phone 407-323-4773 Fax 407-323-4775