xdelta

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A delta encoding utility to generate and apply patches to binary files. For the modern version (v3), see `xdelta3`.

Examples (3)

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