Re: patch a file with the patch command

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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?

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patch a file with the patch command alex <1j9448a02@lnx159sneakemail.com.invalid> - 2024-08-05 09:35 +0200
  Re: patch a file with the patch command "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2024-08-05 12:43 +0200
    Re: patch a file with the patch command alex <1j9448a02@lnx159sneakemail.com.invalid> - 2024-08-05 17:33 +0200
      Re: patch a file with the patch command "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2024-08-05 23:05 +0200
        Re: patch a file with the patch command alex <1j9448a02@lnx159sneakemail.com.invalid> - 2024-08-06 07:39 +0200
          Re: patch a file with the patch command "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2024-08-06 08:06 +0200
        Re: patch a file with the patch command alex <1j9448a02@lnx159sneakemail.com.invalid> - 2024-08-06 07:36 +0200

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