Patch

Patch - Applies a patch to a file

GNU version of Larry Wall's program that takes "diff's" output and applies it to an original file to generate a modified version of that file. Normally, the patched versions are put in place of the originals. Backups can be made.

Obtaining

Web page	http://www.fsf.org/software/patch/patch.html
Source tarball	http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/patch/patch-2.5.4.tar.gz
Source information	http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/patch/

Version 2.5.4 (stable) released on 1999-08-31

Licensed under The GNU General Public License, Version 2.

This is a GNU package.

Documentation

User manual included

Support contacts

Bug List

<bug-patch@gnu.org>

Project contacts

Maintainers	Christopher R. Gabriel <cgabriel@softwarelibero.org>
Developers	Larry Wall Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
Contributors	Wayne Davison David MacKenzie

Related information

Interfaces	command line
Source languages	C
Related programs	Diffutils, wdiff, CVSps, Patchutils

Entry information

License verified by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2001-01-31
Entry compiled by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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