"Bodo Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hmm, that's exciting. How to tell diff and patch to remove a zero-length > > file? > > $ md a b c > $ touch a/a > $ echo .>c/a > $ diff -purN a c > diff -purN a/a c/a > --- a/a 2005-05-10 04:08:14.000000000 +0200 > +++ c/a 2005-05-10 04:09:17.972505331 +0200 > @@ -0,0 +1 @@ > +. > $ diff -purN c b > diff -purN c/a b/a > --- c/a 2005-05-10 04:09:17.972505331 +0200 > +++ b/a 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 > @@ -1 +0,0 @@ > -. > $ cd a > $ patch -p1 # < both patches (c&p) > <snip> > $ ls -l > total 0
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