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 <johnson@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 <andy@andyh.co.uk> wrote in
news:ebpgovgegtbnb4mhppln110it2er9jctl3@4ax.com:

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

> On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 20:13:27 GMT, Charley <johnson@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 (andy@andyh.co.uk) icq(5747695) ([url]http://www.andyh.co.uk[/url])
> Space: disk usage analysis tool ([url]http://www.andyhsoftware.co.uk/space[/url])
>