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Re: Diff of executable files
hgfernan@usp.br, on Tue 12/24/1997, wrote the following:
>
> A diff for executables? That seems a very useful idea. Maybe the
> compiler experts in this list could help you with this task.
>
There is a fairly good one for being alpha, called Xdelta.
Look for it at htp://www.xcf.berkeley.edu/~jmacd
> Please take a look at the Microsoft site, at
> http://www.microsoft.com
>
> And issue two searches: one for "COFF" -- the new executable format,
> used in Windows NT and 9X. And the other for "PE", the old format,
> for Win16.
>
Amazing how COFF is called "new"
> Microsoft web site is a good place to look for information about
> Win32 pgming. Some would say: they created the mess, they must
> help solve it. :-)
>
I have been looking for a C API, but cant find one. I can only find C++
level API documentation. (For the win32 subsystem)
> HTH
>
jay
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