Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 11:40:11 -0800 (PST)
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To: kmatick AT binghamton DOT edu, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: patch.1 documentation for pat25b.zip
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At 09:48  1/3/1998 -0800, Bob Kematick wrote:
>Myknees wrote:
>> 
>> Recently I downloaded patch in the form of pat25b.zip from Simtel.  The
>> documentation, though doesn't seem readable from the info standalone document
>> viewer.  I even tried running makeinfo on it, in a fit of desperation,
and then
>> opening it with ctrl-x ctrl-f.
>> 
>> The documentation file in question is patch.1.  Does anyone know what format
>> this is and how to read the documentation?

> That is a unix like "man page". Get the DJGPP man clone
>v2apps/man12b.zip and 
> give it a try.
True. However, this may be unnecessary since documentation for `patch' is
included with `diff'. Get `diff' and look at its info file, there is a
section for `patch'.
Maybe these should be repackaged to avoid confusion.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net