pibcomp.1
Author: cmaier@cmassoc.net

    pibcomp(1)                                   Qualcomm Atheros Open Powerline Toolkit                                  pibcomp(1)

    NAME
           pibcomp - Qualcomm Atheros Parameter Block Compare Utility

    SYNOPSIS
           pibcomp [options] file file [>stdout]

    DESCRIPTION
           Read  and  compare  two Qualcomm Atheros powerline parameter block files and print only those objects that are different.
           It will detect and handle both old and new powerline parameter file formats.  This program is similar to program odc  but
           is  designed specifically for Qualcomm Atheros powerline parameter files.  Program odc is no longer supported and will be
           removed from future toolkit releases.

           Object driven comparison requires an object definition file that lists the size and name of data data objects (ie;  inte‐
           gers, arrays or structures) within the parameter file.  Individual data members are presented as smaller, individual data
           dumps within a larger, overall data dump.  See program pibdump for more information of object definition file format.

    OPTIONS
           -f file
                  The object definition file that lists the size, name and description of individual individual objects in order  of
                  occurance.   If this option is omitted then object definitions are read from stdin.  The object definition file is
                  not modified by this program.  See the pibdump man page for an example of an object definition file.

           -?,--help
                  Print program help summary on stdout.  This option takes precedence over other options on the command line.

           -!,--version
                  Print program version information on stdout.  This option takes precedence over other options on the command line.
                  Use  this option when sending screen dumps to Atheros Technical Support so that they know exactly which version of
                  the Linux Toolkit you are using.

    ARGUMENTS
           file   The name of a binary file.  Two binary files are needed for comparison and both should conform to the object defi‐
                  nition file for the comarison to be meaningful.

    EXAMPLES
           The following example compares file abc.bin and def.bin and prints objects that are different in hexdump format.  Objects
           are defined in objects.txt and read using -f.

              # pibcomp -f objects.txt abc.bin def.bin

    SEE ALSO
           chkpib(7), chkpib2(7), getpib(7), modpib(1), pib2xml(1), pibdump(1), setpib(1), xml2pib(1)

    CREDITS
            Nathaniel Houghton <nhoughto@qca.qualcomm.com>
            Charles Maier <cmaier@qca.qualcomm.com>

    open-plc-utils-0.0.3                                        Mar 2014                                                  pibcomp(1)

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