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

Geoffrey lists at serioustechnology.com
Thu Apr 24 13:34:22 EDT 2008


Jerry Yu wrote:
> 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).

vi -b

Not for the faint heart I'm afraid...

> 
> 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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