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xdelta — A delta encoding utility to generate and apply patches to binary files. For the modern version (v3),
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xdelta command: A delta encoding utility to generate and apply patches to binary files. For the modern version (v3), see xdelta3. More information: <https://manned.org/xdelta>.Solution
xdelta — A delta encoding utility to generate and apply patches to binary files. For the modern version (v3), see xdelta3. More information: <https://manned.org/xdelta>.Generate a patch (delta) between two files:
xdelta delta {{path/to/old_file}} {{path/to/new_file}} {{path/to/patch_file}}Apply a patch to an old file to reconstruct the new file:
xdelta patch {{path/to/patch_file}} {{path/to/old_file}} {{path/to/new_file}}Generate a patch with a specific compression level:
xdelta delta -{{0..9}} {{path/to/old_file}} {{path/to/new_file}} {{path/to/patch_file}}Code Snippets
Generate a patch (delta) between two files
xdelta delta {{path/to/old_file}} {{path/to/new_file}} {{path/to/patch_file}}Apply a patch to an old file to reconstruct the new file
xdelta patch {{path/to/patch_file}} {{path/to/old_file}} {{path/to/new_file}}Generate a patch with a specific compression level
xdelta delta -{{0..9}} {{path/to/old_file}} {{path/to/new_file}} {{path/to/patch_file}}Context
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