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From: jeffb@world.std.com (Jeffrey T Berntsen)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Useful file utilities (was BITFTP grief!)
Message-ID: <1991May22.221655.1518@world.std.com>
Date: 22 May 91 22:16:55 GMT
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lan_csse@netrix.nac.dec.com (CSSE LAN Test Account) writes:

>I ran a hexdump of it, there were big chunks (whose sizes were a multiple 
>of 512) that were filled with nulls.  This isn't new.  I have a little 
>program that merges files that contain null chunks, and complains if the 
>non-null parts don't agree.  If I give it 3 or more files, it uses the 
>obvious voting algorithm for each byte, and only complains if there are 
>chunks on which no two files agree.  It sure comes in handy at times. 

Sounds very nice!  Is it something you can make available (not for FTP 
obviously)?

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