Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 08:59:09 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Neil Bortnak <neil AT dreadnought DOT com>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: HELP! I can't make patch work!
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On Mon, 21 Oct 1996, Neil Bortnak wrote:

> I am trying to patch Nethack 3.2.0 into Nethack 3.2.1. I placed a copy
> of the patch file (which I renamed Patch1) into nethack's top level
> source code directory. From that directory I ran "patch < patch1". It
> patched the first two files but kept saying "bad command of file name"

Is this `patch' from DJGPP v2.01?  If not, please download the latest 
pat21b.zip and try it.  The latest DOS port has eliminated many bugs like 
the one you describe.  If the problem persists, post the patch here.