Re: newbie diff question
On Mon, Nov 09, 1998 at 11:20:09PM +0200, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 09, 1998 at 04:03:50PM -0500, Jeff Miller wrote:
>
> > is there an automatic way to update the applicable files based on
> > the diff content or do I have to apply the changes manually?
>
> patch < your.diff
>
> This may or may not work, depending on the type of the diff. If you
> experience problems, refer to `man patch'.
patch -pX < your.diff
is very useful - X is the number of depth of directories to skip,
e.g. to apply a kernel patch (where files are refered to as
linux/filename.c), either:
cd /usr/src/; patch -p0 < patch.diff
or
cd /usr/src/linux; patch -p1 < patch.diff
Cheers
Adrian
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