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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers [SOLVED] Restoring differential backup files Post 302698843 by DGPickett on Monday 10th of September 2012 03:57:13 PM
Old 09-10-2012
Were you using the UNIX diff and with some options like -e for ex output? The diff -e output can be used with ex to rewrite the older files forward:
Code:
(
cat diff files
echo "w <new_file_name>
q"
)|ex <copy_of_original_file_for_safety>

 

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