| BSPATCH(1) | General Commands Manual | BSPATCH(1) |
bspatch — apply a
patch built with bsdiff(1)
bspatch |
oldfile newfile patchfile |
The bspatch utility generates
newfile from oldfile and
patchfile where patchfile is a
binary patch built by bsdiff(1).
The bspatch utility uses memory equal to
the size of oldfile plus the size of
newfile, but can tolerate a very small working set
without a dramatic loss of performance.
Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>
The bspatch utility does not verify that
oldfile is the correct source file for
patchfile. Attempting to apply a patch to the wrong
file will usually produce garbage; consequently it is strongly recommended
that users of bspatch verify that
oldfile matches the source file from which
patchfile was built, by comparing cryptographic
hashes, for example. Users may also wish to verify after running
bspatch that newfile matches
the target file from which was built.
| May 18, 2003 | Mac OS X 12 |