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


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.


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