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Binary file differences

I am looking for an example or a resource on how to compare two versions of
the same file and create a third file that contains only the difference. I
then want to be able to take the first file and apply the third file to it
to re-create the second file. There are some backup programs that do
something similar and I am curious as to how this works.

Thanks for any suggestions,
Yancey
Nov 20 '05 #1
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