Hi
Carlos Santana neubyr@gmail.com schrieb am 10.09.2009 20:04:02:
Howdy,
I have a diff file in my /var/tmp and would like to apply patch to a file in a different directory (other than /va/tmp). I tried using patch with -d switch, but that doesn't work. It complains abt 'patch: **** Can't open patch file tilda.diff : No such file or directory'. Do I need to copy my diff file to the directory where original file resides? Or is there any other way round?
The exact command you executed would've been nice. -d should work and so it does for me (though this particular usecase is on an OpenBSD box). If you haven't already tried it do the following from anywhere on your system:
patch -d /other/dir -i /var/tmp/tilda.diff -p0
I'm not sure if the order of the options matters, so you might have to consult patch(1).
Please test the above patch command and report back as I'd say it is a bug if it doesn't work. If it didn't work please also post the full patch command and the output of head -5 /var/tmp/tilda.diff
Frank.