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Date:	Thu, 3 Apr 2003 18:14:23 -0500 (EST)
From:	Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To:	John Williams <jwilliams AT itee DOT uq DOT edu DOT au>
cc:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: Binary patch tool?
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On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, John Williams wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Is there a binary equivalent to the diff/patch combination?  I've
> written a little shell script to run "cmp -b" over a bunch of files (I'm
> trying to generate binary patches), but now I'm struggling with a way to
> actually apply those changes.
>
> I started writing a little tcl script to do it but think there must be a
> better way?
>
> Thanks,
> John

Umm, "vim -b"?  vim *can* be used as a stream editor...
	Igor
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