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 -- If your dog is barking at the back door and your wife is yelling at the front door, who do you let in first? The dog, of course. He'll shut up once you let him in. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7393&alloc_id=16281&op=click _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel
