At 03:52 PM 5/29/2002 -0400, you wrote: >>--- perl_root:[lib.pod]perldoc.com;-0 Fri Aug 17 19:13:12 2001 >>+++ perl_root:[lib.pod]perldoc.com Mon Sep 24 18:11:36 2001 >>@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ >> push @pagers, $pager if -x $pager; >> >> (my $bindir = <<'/../') =~ s/\s*\z//; >>- >>+perl_root:[utils] >> /../ > >I have no idea what this means.
(Replying to list as others are very likely in the same position.) It's a patch in the form of a GNU unified diff, more or less equivalent in principle to DIFFERENCES/SLP. Lines beginning with a minus sign are to be "subtracted" from the source file and lines beginning with a plus are to be "added." Such patches can be applied automatically with GNU patch, a program designed to do exactly that. VMS versions of diff and patch are available on the CHomPaq freeware CD. However, in this case there's just a one line to change, so get out your favorite editor, locate perldoc.com and in place of the blank line (looks like it'll be line 19) put in perl_root:[utils].
