rdiff(1)                                                 rdiff(1)


NAME
       rdiff - compute and apply signature-based file differences

SYNOPSYS
       rdiff [options] signature old-file signature-file

       rdiff [options] delta signature-file new-file delta-file

       rdiff [options] patch basis-file delta-file new-file

DESCRIPTION
       In every case where a filename must be specified, - may be used instead
       to mean either standard input or standard output as appropriate.

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

SEE ALSO
       librsync(3)

AUTHOR
       Martin Pool <mbpATsamba.org>

       The original rsync algorithm was discovered by Andrew Tridgell.

       rdiff development has been supported by Linuxcare,  Inc  and  VA  Linux
       Systems.




























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