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Eelco Dolstra 4f07ebc67e * Integrated bsdiff/bspatch 4.2 (from
http://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff/bsdiff-4.2.tar.gz) into the source
  tree.  The license is a bit peculiar, but it does allow verbatim
  copying, which is what we do here (i.e., so don't make any changes
  to the sources).
2004-12-29 22:08:48 +00:00

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.Dd May 18, 2003
.Dt BSPATCH 1
.Os FreeBSD
.Sh NAME
.Nm bspatch
.Nd apply a patch built with bsdiff(1)
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Ao Ar oldfile Ac Ao Ar newfile Ac Ao Ar patchfile Ac
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
generates
.Ao Ar newfile Ac
from
.Ao Ar oldfile Ac
and
.Ao Ar patchfile Ac
where
.Ao Ar patchfile Ac
is a binary patch built by bsdiff(1).
.Pp
.Nm
uses memory equal to the size of
.Ao Ar oldfile Ac
plus the size of
.Ao Ar newfile Ac ,
but can tolerate a very small working set without a dramatic loss
of performance.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr bsdiff 1
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Colin Percival Aq cperciva@daemonology.net