how to write and understand a patch file?

how to write and understand a patch file?

[Park Lee]

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Hi,
Would you please tell me how to write and understand a patch file?
I just want to learn more about it.
 
Thank you.
 
Yours,
Park Lee
2004-03-28


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Re: how to write and understand a patch file?

[Martin Stricker]

Park Lee wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> Would you please tell me how to write and understand a patch file?
> I just want to learn more about it.

You create a patch with `diff` and apply it with `patch`. A patch is
just a list of differences between the original version of a source code
file (you cannot patch a binary) and your altered version.
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RE: how to write and understand a patch file?

[Ed Street]

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Subject: how to write and understand a patch file?

 

Hi,

Would you please tell me how to write and understand a patch file?

I just want to learn more about it.

 

Thank you.

 

Yours,

Park Lee

2004-03-28


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