From: George Foot <mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: patch unexpected action
Date: 13 Nov 1997 12:11:47 GMT
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On Thu, 13 Nov 1997 10:47:41 GMT in comp.os.msdos.djgpp Jude Dashiell <dashiell AT clark DOT net> wrote:

: I run the commands:
: diff -u c:\commo\commo.set c:\commo\beta\commo.set >c:\commo\commo3.dif
: <cr>

That stores instructions for how to change `c:\commo\commo.set' into
`c:\commo\beta\commo.set'.  You seem to want the patch the other way
around -- try interchanging the filenames.  I believe there's a switch
you can pass to patch, too, which applies the patch in reverse
(provided the patch file is suitable).

-- 
Regards,

george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk