Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 19 Nov 2002
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>> Try 'patch -p0 --dry-run < filename'.
>
> That did it. Thanks Igor :-)
>
> I'd always assumed that without -p patch obeyed the path in the diff and
> that -p was only needed if, for example, the path in the diff was
> absolute and you needed a relative one. I didn't read all of the -p
> section in the manpage because it didn't seem to be what I needed, but
> /now/ I've read the last paragraph.
I don't always use a tool like patch frequently enough to remember such
subtleties, myself. This was a helpful exchange because I was struggling
with this just yesterday.
{snippo}
> Thanks again for the help.
Yes, thanks!
> Regards,
>
> Parish (who's going to make 'patch' an alias for 'patch -p0' ;-) )
Me too ;-)
Soren A
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