Diff file trouble applying?

[Charley]

I've got a diff file that I think is a patch for a bunch of file in a
directory. How do I apply this file?

I thought it was

#patch myfile.diff
But that does nothing. I must be missing something. The diff file
contains diff's for a nuch of files, not just a single file. Do I need a
copy of the original file as was or does the diff file contain everything
it needs to make the patch(s)?

J

[Andy Hassall]

On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 20:13:27 GMT, Charley <jo*****@jhilb.com> wrote:

I've got a diff file that I think is a patch for a bunch of file in a
directory. How do I apply this file?

I thought it was

#patch myfile.diff

But that does nothing. I must be missing something. The diff file
contains diff's for a nuch of files, not just a single file. Do I need a
copy of the original file as was or does the diff file contain everything
it needs to make the patch(s)?

Usually it's:

patch -p0 < myfile.diff

Or possibly -p1 depending on what directory you're in and whether the patch
included a top-level directory or not.

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[Charley]

Andy Hassall <an**@andyh.co.uk> wrote in
news:eb********************************@4ax.com:

OK, thanks, I'll give that a try.

On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 20:13:27 GMT, Charley <jo*****@jhilb.com> wrote:

I've got a diff file that I think is a patch for a bunch of file in a
directory. How do I apply this file?

I thought it was

#patch myfile.diff

But that does nothing. I must be missing something. The diff file
contains diff's for a nuch of files, not just a single file. Do I
need a copy of the original file as was or does the diff file contain
everything it needs to make the patch(s)?

Usually it's:

patch -p0 < myfile.diff

Or possibly -p1 depending on what directory you're in and whether the
patch
included a top-level directory or not.

--
Andy Hassall (an**@andyh.co.uk) icq(5747695) (http://www.andyh.co.uk)
Space: disk usage analysis tool (http://www.andyhsoftware.co.uk/space)