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The VCDIFF Generic Differencing and Compression Data Format

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Network Working Group                                            D. Korn
Request for Comments: 3284                                     AT&T Labs
Category: Standards Track                                   J. MacDonald
                                                             UC Berkeley
                                                                J. Mogul
                                                 Hewlett-Packard Company
                                                                   K. Vo
                                                               AT&T Labs
                                                               June 2002


      The VCDIFF Generic Differencing and Compression Data Format

Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This memo describes VCDIFF, a general, efficient and portable data
   format suitable for encoding compressed and/or differencing data so
   that they can be easily transported among computers.





















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