On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 02:41:39PM -0500, digger vermont wrote: > Don't feel too bad, Soebbi. > As infrequently as I apply patches I always have to refigure it out. > The secret is in the "<" From the "root" dir. I believe what I had is > > patch -p1 <new_sleep.diff cat new_sleep.diff | patch -p1
is also a solution, especially since you can do : zcat new_sleep.diff.gz | patch -p1 on compressed patch files. Also, it is nice to try it first with the --dry-run option to patch, which will help you notice any problem with the patching before trully applying it. Friendly, Sven Luther
