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How to use the patch command

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15 Nov 2008 - 12:55	829
Rumble Contributor Joined: 04 Jul 2007 Posts: 592	How to use the patch command This is pretty basic, but I'll add more as the questions come up. patch is another tool that complements diff, it will apply the differences in the “patch” file to the target file. Think of it is a way to “patch” your old files with newer modifications. How to use patch To apply the patch, change into the same directory as the unmodified file and execute patch < file.patch This is how to apply patch to an entire directory, patch -p0 < program.patch Patch applied can be simply removed by adding the -R switch, patch -p0 -R < program.patch patch -R < file.patch __________________ Rumble The Builder Academy tbamud.com 9091 Last edited by Rumble (15 Nov 2008 - 13:00)

23 Nov 2008 - 11:09	831
Rumble Contributor Joined: 04 Jul 2007 Posts: 592	How to patch, how to handpatch How to hand patch http://www.circlemud.org/cdp/wtfaq/handpatch.html Zizazat's tutorial on how to create a patch __________________ Rumble The Builder Academy tbamud.com 9091

28 Nov 2008 - 02:14	832
Fizban Regular Poster Joined: 05 Jul 2007 Posts: 244	Quote Rumble: This is pretty basic, but I'll add more as the questions come up. patch is another tool that complements diff, it will apply the differences in the “patch” file to the target file. Think of it is a way to “patch” your old files with newer modifications. How to use patch To apply the patch, change into the same directory as the unmodified file and execute patch < file.patch This is how to apply patch to an entire directory, patch -p0 < program.patch Patch applied can be simply removed by adding the -R switch, patch -p0 -R < program.patch patch -R < file.patch I'd suggest when first attempting a patch to use it with the -dry-run flag so you can see if it will patch cleanly before actually doing the patching, this way you can quickly see if hand-patching may be the way to go before it begins patching and creates rejection files. This can be done via: patch -dry-run < file.patch __________________

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