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  • Charley
    #1

    Diff file trouble applying?

    I've got a diff file that I think is a patch for a bunch of file in a
    directory. How do I apply this file?

    I thought it was

    #patch myfile.diff


    But that does nothing. I must be missing something. The diff file
    contains diff's for a nuch of files, not just a single file. Do I need a
    copy of the original file as was or does the diff file contain everything
    it needs to make the patch(s)?

    J

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    • Andy Hassall
      #2
      Re: Diff file trouble applying?

      On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 20:13:27 GMT, Charley <johnson@jhilb. com> wrote:
      [color=blue]
      >I've got a diff file that I think is a patch for a bunch of file in a
      >directory. How do I apply this file?
      >
      >I thought it was
      >
      >#patch myfile.diff
      >
      >But that does nothing. I must be missing something. The diff file
      >contains diff's for a nuch of files, not just a single file. Do I need a
      >copy of the original file as was or does the diff file contain everything
      >it needs to make the patch(s)?[/color]

      Usually it's:

      patch -p0 < myfile.diff

      Or possibly -p1 depending on what directory you're in and whether the patch
      included a top-level directory or not.

      --
      Andy Hassall (andy@andyh.co. uk) icq(5747695) (http://www.andyh.co.uk)
      Space: disk usage analysis tool (http://www.andyhsoftware.co.uk/space)

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        • Charley
          #3
          Re: Diff file trouble applying?

          Andy Hassall <andy@andyh.co. uk> wrote in
          news:ebpgovgegt bnb4mhppln110it 2er9jctl3@4ax.c om:

          OK, thanks, I'll give that a try.

          [color=blue]
          > On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 20:13:27 GMT, Charley <johnson@jhilb. com> wrote:[/color]

          [color=blue]
          >[color=green]
          >>I've got a diff file that I think is a patch for a bunch of file in a
          >>directory. How do I apply this file?
          >>
          >>I thought it was
          >>
          >>#patch myfile.diff
          >>
          >>But that does nothing. I must be missing something. The diff file
          >>contains diff's for a nuch of files, not just a single file. Do I
          >>need a copy of the original file as was or does the diff file contain
          >>everything it needs to make the patch(s)?[/color]
          >
          > Usually it's:
          >
          > patch -p0 < myfile.diff
          >
          > Or possibly -p1 depending on what directory you're in and whether the
          > patch
          > included a top-level directory or not.
          >
          > --
          > Andy Hassall (andy@andyh.co. uk) icq(5747695) (http://www.andyh.co.uk)
          > Space: disk usage analysis tool (http://www.andyhsoftware.co.uk/space)
          >[/color]

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