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All I want to do if create a delta (diff) of two binary files.
How do I do that? If indeed xdelta can do this?
Make patch:
xdelta3.exe -e -s old_file new_file delta_file
Apply patch:
xdelta3.exe -d -s old_file delta_file decoded_new_file
(From Batch file for xdelta1/xdelta3 compatibility)
I am using xdelta in windows. If a file is opened in microsoft word and while the file is still open I try to use xdelta to produce difference with another file, the following error happens. xdelta3: file open failed: read: : The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
I suspect that this is because xdelta tries to open the file in non share mode. I found that if ms word is using a file and we try to open that file in a c# program in non shared mode the same error is thrown as above but if we open the the file in shared mode while in use by MS word,no error occurs.
Yes, I too can confirm the problem that a xdelta file cannot be created if the source file is being shared with another application.
if you are using either Windows 2003 server or Windows 2008 server, you can use 'volume shadow copy' vssadmin create shadow /For=C:
then use dosdev.exe to map a drive to the shadow, you can then access the files without there being an issue with locks, this applies to any file that was located on that drive including sql databases and any other locked files.
if you are running .Net Framework v3.5 I have written a small utility to automate the creation and deletion of the shadows and map the drive, delete the drive. Email me directly at alex at intralan dot co dot uk and I will send a copy.
my friend and i r using this program but he gets better compression than me and is not tellin me how he is getting almost double the compression, i make the file 650mb from 1gb but he makes it 349mb, same source files r used the command m using is delta3.exe -e -9 -S djw -s source target patch what is the command line for maximum compression
How can I get the python version to work?
This is what I get when I run setup. I compiled it with Cygwin then with Visual Studio, both times I get the same msg when running setup. Any suggestions?
c:/xdelta3> python setup.py install --verbose --compile --force running install running build running build_ext error: Python was built with Visual Studio 2003; extensions must be built with a compiler than can generate compatible binaries. Visual Studio 2003 was not found on this system. If you have Cygwin installed, you can try compiling with MingW32?, by passing "-c mingw32" to setup.py.
What are the commands for the new merging/combining features?
Is there a way to get xdelta to take two folder path, recurse through them and do a delta for dir1 vs dir2?
Thank you for xdelta! <3
Answers to the final two questions:
To merge/combine:
xdelta3.exe merge -m file.1.2 -m file.2.3 file.3.4 patch.1.4
There is not a way to take two dirs, recurse through them and do a delta for dir1 vs dir2, but that would be a great feature. (Issue 21)
Other top issues and requests:
1. Source file from a FIFO: currently xdelta3 does not support reading the source file from a non-seekable file, but it's not because the of algorithm, it's a small code limitation and can be fixed. (Issue 59 is a dup of 73, which includes a patch).
2. Smart ISO image compression: If you take a set of files and produce ISO1, then produce a later set of files as ISO2, but the files are in a completely different order, compression suffers. Try setting -B size equal to the ISO size, if possible. (Issue 71)
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