regdiff - generate the differences between two windows 9x registries
regdiff [-r [-t name] [-N]] [-p] [-s] file1 file2
regdiff reads two sorted windows 9x registry dumps and generates a list of the differences between the two. The output is suitable for regedit (or, with the -p option, it is suitable for the windows 9x regedit).
See the regedit man page for a description of the format of a registry dump, as well as the format of a registry patch.
Tells regdiff that the registry files are raw (binary) registry files, not dumps of registries. regdiff simply runs regedit on the files to get a dump of the files.
Option is passed on to regedit (used with the -r option).
Option is passed on to regedit (used with the -r option).
Generate plain output: old values of entries, etc., are not indicated in parenthesis.
Sorts the registry dump files before doing the diff. regdiff expects its input to be sorted (both the keys and the entries within the keys) - output is incorrect if this is not the case. The -s option is useful when examining `exports' from the windows 9x regedit program (which are not sorted).
Prints the version number - the program then exits immediately.
the regedit manpage, the regsort manpage.
John Rochester, Memorial University of Newfoundland (jr@cs.mun.ca)