is there something totally screwed with "patch"?

Sat Nov 15 19:44:36 UTC 2003

Michael Schwendt wrote:

> No, because I can't reproduce it.
> 
>   $ echo "hello" > A
>   $ echo "Hello" > B
>   $ diff A B > diff
>   $ patch --input=diff
>   patching file A
>   $

Shouldn't that be:

$ patch A --input=diff #patches "A" with the "diff" between A and B

Note to Robert: It's quite easy, just think about it logically.

[H]omer

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