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Date:	Tue, 03 Jun 2003 19:29:44 -0400
From:	Constantine <cnst AT rbcmail DOT ru>
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To:	Max Bowsher <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: Why is patch(1) asking for the file names already given? [closed]
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Max Bowsher wrote:

>>>>>/ Constantine <cnst AT rbcmail DOT ru> wrote:
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>I am trying to apply a patch I made for myself. When I am running the
>>>>>>patch(1) utility, I am always being asked to type in the file name to
>>>>>>a file that needs to be patched.
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>Max Bowsher wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>Perhaps your patch file is corrupt.
>>>Please post the first 10 lines of it.
>>>      
>>>
>Constantine wrote:
>  
>
>>--- start ---
>>diff -b -B --exclude='*.*htm*' -r en-US/.jar/autoconfig/contents.rdf
>>en-GB/.jar/autoconfig/contents.rdf
>>7c7
>><     <RDF:li resource="urn:mozilla:locale:en-US"/>
>>---
>> >     <RDF:li resource="urn:mozilla:locale:en-GB"/>
>>11c11
>><   <RDF:Description about="urn:mozilla:locale:en-US">
>>---
>> >   <RDF:Description about="urn:mozilla:locale:en-GB">
>>--- end ---
>>    
>>
>
>Ah. No wonder it isn't working. 
>"Normal" diffs don't store any filename information.
>Use diff -u or diff -c.
>
>Max.
>
Thank you very much indeed!
That solved the problem. I have tried to use that options before, but 
without "-p1 -d ./en-GB/", so I thought that they won't help.

Cheers,
Constantine.


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