Re: Why is patch(1) asking for the file names already given?

[Constantine <cnst at rbcmail dot ru>]

Max Bowsher wrote:

> Constantine wrote:
>  
>
> > Andrew Markebo wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > Just a guess, I usually throw -p1 or more, not -p0? Could it be that?
> > >
> > >    /Andy
> > >
> > > / Constantine <cnst@rbcmail.ru> wrote:
> > >      
> > >
> > > > Hello!
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to apply a patch I made for myself. When I am running the
> > > > patch(1) utility, I am always being asked to type in the file name to
> > > > a file that needs to be patched. My diff file contains a diff on a few
> > > > files, and this is my dialogue with the patch(1):
> > > >
> > > > --- my quote start ---
> > > > >patch --ignore-whitespace -p0 -i US-GB.nohtml.diff
> > > > can't find file to patch at input line 2
> > > > Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
> > > > The text leading up to this was:
> > > > --------------------------
> > > >        
> > > >
> > > > > diff -b -B --exclude='*.*htm*' -r en-US/.jar/autoconfig/contents.rdf
> > > > >          
> > > > en-GB/.jar/autoconfig/contents.rdf
> > > > --------------------------
> > > > File to patch: en-GB/.jar/autoconfig/contents.rdf
> > > > patching file en-GB/.jar/autoconfig/contents.rdf
> > > >        
>
> Perhaps your patch file is corrupt.
> Please post the first 10 lines of it.
>
>
> Max.

--- start ---
diff -b -B --exclude='*.*htm*' -r en-US/.jar/autoconfig/contents.rdf 
en-GB/.jar/autoconfig/contents.rdf
7c7
<     <RDF:li resource="urn:mozilla:locale:en-US"/>
---
>     <RDF:li resource="urn:mozilla:locale:en-GB"/>
11c11
<   <RDF:Description about="urn:mozilla:locale:en-US">
---
>   <RDF:Description about="urn:mozilla:locale:en-GB">
--- end ---

I want to emphasise, that the line "diff ..." is the first one, though 
patch(1) is saying that it is the second one.

Cheers,
Constantine.


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