say i wanted to update one of my maps, but it is rather large, and other people who have the old map want the new one, without redownloading the whole thing.
is there a program where i can compare the 2 files, and make a file which contains all the changes to the new map compared to the old one, and send that update to the ppl with the old map, and they use the same program to merge the update with the old so they have the updated map. (this is all theoretical - it could be any file, dont worry about file structures etc.)
basically i want to make a 'patch' for a file (a singular file).
is there a program that can do this?
Making a Patch
Created 18 years ago2006-04-15 22:44:11 UTC by
Penguinboy
Created 18 years ago2006-04-15 22:44:11 UTC by
Penguinboy
Posted 18 years ago2006-04-15 22:44:11 UTC
Post #174547
Posted 18 years ago2006-04-16 04:00:02 UTC
Post #174555
diff/patch! Its so incredibly simple how it works I could write one for you now. Just google it, its an old linux tool but there'll be enough win32 ports of it (that dont require cygwin)
Posted 18 years ago2006-04-16 23:47:28 UTC
Post #174703
an easyer way might just be to have them downloaded any file you updated. they should just override the old versions
Posted 18 years ago2006-04-16 23:59:10 UTC
Post #174704
yes, but what if there was only one file?
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