Thanks Filipe. I can do it by cd-ing into file-to-be-patched dir. I think the -d switch in patch command does similar thing (cd). But then it assumes diff file also to be present in that new directory. I guess the problem is not having full dir path in the diff file itself. The diff file mentions only file name. How do I get full path in my diff file? Any clues? - CS. On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Filipe Brandenburger <filbranden at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 14:04, Carlos Santana <neubyr at gmail.com> wrote: >> 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? > > Try: > > cd /path/to/file/to/be/patched > patch -p0 </var/tmp/tilda.diff > > You might want to use -p1 or -p2 or -p3... depending on what is the > path to the file inside the .diff file. To figure that out, open the > .diff file and look at the lines that start with --- and +++, then see > how many directories are there before the filename, use that number > for the argument to -p. > > HTH, > Filipe > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >