1rdiff(1)                    General Commands Manual                   rdiff(1)
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NAME

6       rdiff - compute and apply signature-based file differences
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SYNOPSYS

9       rdiff [options] signature old-file signature-file
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11       rdiff [options] delta signature-file new-file delta-file
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13       rdiff [options] patch basis-file delta-file new-file
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DESCRIPTION

16       In every case where a filename must be specified, - may be used instead
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RETURN VALUE

20       0 for successful completion, 1 for  environmental  problems  (file  not
21       found,  invalid options, IO error, etc), 2 for a corrupt file and 3 for
22       an internal error or unhandled situation in librsync or rdiff.
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SEE ALSO

25       librsync(3)
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AUTHOR

28       Martin Pool <mbp@samba.org>
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30       The original rsync algorithm was discovered by Andrew Tridgell.
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32       rdiff development has been supported by Linuxcare,  Inc  and  VA  Linux
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37                         $Date: 2002/01/25 21:25:34 $                 rdiff(1)