On Friday 31 December 2004 00:01, Globe Trotter wrote: > Hi, > > I am wondering how does one go about reading a patchfile? I guess figuring > this out is crucial to writing one so I decided to start there.... > > --- temp.org date and time > +++ temp date and time > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ > ......blah-blah.... > > I understand the first two lines, bit what do the > > -1.3 +1,4 mean? > > Or this one? > > @@ -47,11 +54,80 @@ > .... > .... > > Thanks and best wishes! This should answer your question about the file format http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/html_node/Unified-Format.html but you don't really write patch files - you create them with diff (see man diff, especially the -u option). Peter
