[ale] tool to repair a binary file given a diff between hex dumps of the original and the altered

Jeff Hubbs hbbs at comcast.net
Thu Apr 24 23:39:06 EDT 2008


During my last protracted contracted job, I've forgotten how many Cygwin 
installs I did just so I can use proper basic sysadmin-type tools on 
Windows systems.

Jim Kinney wrote:
> Two tools to give a windows admin come to mind:
> 1. rsync
> 2. a better work environment with the freedom to what is needed not 
> just what is allowed.
>
> 2008/4/24 Jerry Yu <jjj863 at gmail.com <mailto:jjj863 at gmail.com>>:
>
>     what tool can I suggest a remote Windows admin to use to 'repair'
>     his binary file given the hex diff below.
>     Of course, if this 'repair' is too hairy, I'd go down the
>     retransmission route (expensive).
>
>     diff meta.od-x tpp.od-x
>     24,25c24,26
>     < 0000560 6b92 d311 01fb f7be 402c c959 a125 0ac4
>     < 0000600
>     ---
>     > 0000560 6b92 d311 01fb f7be 402c c959 a125 0d0a
>     > 0000600 c400
>     > 0000601
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