binarydist

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binarydist

Package binarydist implements binary diff and patch as described on http://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff/. It reads and writes files compatible with the tools there.

Documentation at http://go.pkgdoc.org/github.com/kr/binarydist.

Documentation

Overview

Package binarydist implements binary diff and patch as described on http://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff/. It reads and writes files compatible with the tools there.

Index

• Variables
• func Diff(old, new io.Reader, patch io.Writer) error
• func Patch(old io.Reader, new io.Writer, patch io.Reader) error

Variables

var ErrCorrupt = errors.New("corrupt patch")

Functions

func Diff

func Diff(old, new io.Reader, patch io.Writer) error

Diff computes the difference between old and new, according to the bsdiff algorithm, and writes the result to patch.

func Patch

func Patch(old io.Reader, new io.Writer, patch io.Reader) error

Patch applies patch to old, according to the bspatch algorithm, and writes the result to new.