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$FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/bsdiff/bspatch/bspatch.1,v 1.1 2005/08/06 01:59:06 cperciva Exp $

.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).

p .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 (at] freebsd.org