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From: Soren A <soren_andersen AT fastmail DOT fm>
Subject: Re: patch(1) (Win32) and path separators
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 17:46:53 +0000 (UTC)
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Parish <parish AT ntlworld DOT com> wrote around 19 Nov 2002 
news:3DDA8DD9 DOT 1080608 AT ntlworld DOT com:

>> Try 'patch -p0 --dry-run < filename'.
> 
> That did it. Thanks Igor :-)
> 
> I'd always assumed that without -p patch obeyed the path in the diff and 
> that -p was only needed if, for example, the path in the diff was 
> absolute and you needed a relative one. I didn't read all of the -p 
> section in the manpage because it didn't seem to be what I needed, but 
> /now/ I've read the last paragraph.

I don't always use a tool like patch frequently enough to remember such 
subtleties, myself. This was a helpful exchange because I was struggling 
with this just yesterday.

{snippo}
> Thanks again for the help.

Yes, thanks!

> Regards,
> 
> Parish (who's going to make 'patch' an alias for 'patch -p0' ;-) )

Me too ;-)

  Soren A



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Yes, it's really Sören, not Soren.




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