Alexandre Leduc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm kind of new to the diff/patch utilities and I'm having difficulty > figuring out how to apply "aspell-0.50-vc++.diff" to the "aspell-0.50.3" > source. I tries patch (I have Cygwin) but the process seems to hang > forever with no CPU utilization and no output whatsoever. > > Can someone tell me what's the proper command line I should use to apply > the diff?
patch is a traditional Unix utility, meaning it expects the input to come from standard input. That means you need to use redirection to redirect the file to standard input with the < operator like so: patch -p1 <aspell-0.50-vc++.diff Read the man page for details of the -p argument. -- My secret to happiness... is that I have a heart of a 12-year-old boy. It's over here in a jar. Would you like to see it?
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