On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Keith G. Robertson-Turner wrote: > 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. no, actually, it isn't, as i posted earlier -- there was a totally unexpected side-effect related to using a badly-formed option, "-force", that didn't complain and printed confirmation messages, but quietly didn't patch anything. i'm sorely tempted to bugzilla that one. rday
