Re: xdelta3 - how to apply a patch file?

On Jul 28, 4:57 pm, fogfox...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Jul 27, 7:54 pm, "semafus...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

<semafus...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I find xdelta3 baffaling. This tool is meant to be able to create and
then apply a binary patch.
[...]
Does anyone know the syntax for getting xdelta3 to apply a patch ??

yes; any more questions? ;)

and to prove, that there's someone, who figured out the syntax:

apply patch: xdelta3 -d patch
or apply patch: xdelta3 -d -s original.foo modified.bar
create patch: xdelta3 -s original modified > patch

"original", "modified" and "patch" are file names;
patch contains two file names (original and modified)
and the compressed changeset,

that's why the first patch-apply example works;
the secont patch-apply example shows how to apply a patch with,
if you have the original file under a different name
and if you wan't your patched file to have a different name

edit:
"or apply patch: xdelta3 -d -s original.foo modified.bar" should read:
"or apply patch: xdelta3 -d -s original.foo patch modified.bar"

I'll chime in again if I find another mistake on my part;
this was fogfox;
thinking so you don't have to ;)
have a nice one

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