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diff --git a/misc/jojodiff/pkg-descr b/misc/jojodiff/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..fdf61ef98028 --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/jojodiff/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +JDIFF is a program that outputs the differences between two binary files, +either in binary format or human readable format (detailed or summarized). +JPTCH can then be used to reconstruct the second file from the first file. + +Possible applications include incremental backups, synchronising files +between two computers over a slow network, and others. + +JDIFF tries to find a minimal set of differences between two files using +a heuristic algorithm with constant space and linear time complexity. +This means that accuracy is traded over speed. JDIFF will therefore, in +general, not always find the smallest set of differences, but will try +to be fast and will use a fixed amount of memory. + +WWW: http://jojodiff.sourceforge.net/ |