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Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 18:22:45 +0200 (CEST)
From: Ronald Landheer-Cieslak <ronald AT landheer DOT com>
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To: Yan Li <liyan AT iastate DOT edu>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: can not use the command patch
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Short version:
<WAG>
Try installing the package "patch" with Setup - it's in the Utils 
categorie.
</WAG>

Long version:
<WAG>
While the Cygwin Net distribution contains many packages, not all of them 
are installed by default. Many programs, including "patch", have to be 
installed before they can be used.
You can use the search engine at http://cygwin.com/packages/ to look which 
package you need for the "patch" utility, and then use 
http://cygwin.com/setup.exe to install the appropriate package.
</WAG>

HTH

rlc

NB: if your problem is not that you're missing the "patch" package, please 
read http://cygwin.com/problems.html and follow the instructions you find 
there.

On Wed, 14 May 2003, Yan Li wrote:
> Hello,
> I am a newbie for cygwin and try to use the command patch. While I input 
> the command patch, there is an error message " patch not found".
> I just hope to run the command like this:
> run the patch file:patchfile
> $ patch
> error message:
> patch: not found
> 
> While I run other commands, such as mount, pwd, it looks well.
> 
> 
> Thanks for any help!
> Yan
> 
> 
> 
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