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|    alex to All    |
|    Re: patch a file with the patch command    |
|    06 Aug 24 07:36:58    |
      From: 1j9448a02@lnx159sneakemail.com.invalid              Il 05/08/24 23:05, J.O. Aho ha scritto:       >       > it's to remove the first level of directory as in my example the paths       > had been              ├── orig       │ └── file.txt       └── revised        └── file.txt              $ cat orig/file.txt       buggated              $ cat revised/file.txt       fixed              $ diff -ur orig/ revised/ > file.patch              ├── file.patch (FILE CREATED)       ├── orig       │ └── file.txt       └── revised        └── file.txt              $ cd orig/              $ patch < ../file.patch       patching file file.txt              $ cd ..              $ cat orig/file.txt       fixed              To notice              $ patch < ../file.patch              Even if it was not used -p1 it worked equally.              Why?              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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