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28.Dd May 18, 2003
29.Dt BSPATCH 1
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm bspatch
33.Nd apply a patch built with
34.Xr bsdiff 1
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.Nm
37.Ar oldfile newfile patchfile
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm
41utility
42generates
43.Ar newfile
44from
45.Ar oldfile
46and
47.Ar patchfile
48where
49.Ar patchfile
50is a binary patch built by
51.Xr bsdiff 1 .
52.Pp
53The
54.Nm
55utility
56uses memory equal to the size of
57.Ar oldfile
58plus the size of
59.Ar newfile ,
60but can tolerate a very small working set without a dramatic loss
61of performance.
62.Sh SEE ALSO
63.Xr bsdiff 1
64.Sh AUTHORS
65.An Colin Percival Aq cperciva@FreeBSD.org
66