Guest Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 I just have a quick question.... I am reading a contributions' README file and it says to apply the diff patch... Okay.......... WTH is a diff patch and how do you execute it.... Thanks... Hero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besheer Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 Would this be the FedEx tracking box by any chance? I have the same problem. Seems like it hasn't been answered in 8 months. :/ Drive it like you stole it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 Okay.......... WTH is a diff patch and how do you execute it.... You don't execute a diff. You pass it into the 'patch' program that then uses the diff to modify your code. To explain.... The contribution author will have used the 'diff' program to compare his/her old and new code and from this they will have generated a 'diff' file. It is this diff file (or patch file - whatever you want to call it) that you will find in the contribution you are looking at. To apply the diff (or patch) file, you use the 'patch' program. This takes the 'diff' file and uses it as a set of instructions to modify your code and apply the changes. The end result should be the 'new' code that the contribution author intended. If you are using a Micky Mouse toy OS like MS Windows then (as far as I know) you are stuffed because MS Windows doesn't come with anything as useful (and basic) as diff and patch and it's not available for it. It's a unix tool. I could be wrong though - maybe someone has ported it to MS Windows, though I doubt it. If you are using unix, the I suggest you look at the man pages for diff and patch Rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥bruyndoncx Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 If you are using a Micky Mouse toy OS like MS Windows then (as far as I know) you are stuffed because MS Windows doesn't come with anything as useful (and basic) as diff and patch and it's not available for it. It's a unix tool. I could be wrong though - maybe someone has ported it to MS Windows, though I doubt it. I recently found a unix emulator for windows, perhaps that's another option to follow . Funny what people port nowadays, the emulation of my first computer (ZXspectrum) was ported to my phone :lol: it's about the same screen resolution KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON I do not use the responsive bootstrap version since i coded my responsive version earlier, but i have bought every 28d of code package to support burts effort and keep this forum alive (albeit more like on life support). So if you are still here ? What are you waiting for ?! Find the most frequent unique errors to fix: grep "PHP" php_error_log.txt | sed "s/^.* PHP/PHP/g" |grep "line" |sort | uniq -c | sort -r > counterrors.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 I recently found a unix emulator for windows... I suppose you could use 'Cygwin' - I use it every day. It works very well, but personally I've never understood the point - To me, if you want a unix environment then run unix ! But yes, it is an option. Rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Zonjee Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 I suppose you could use 'Cygwin' - I use it every day. It works very well, but personally I've never understood the point - To me, if you want a unix environment then run unix ! Or a Mac (OSX)? This is from the terminal window when executing "man patch" : PATCH(1) NAME patch - apply a diff file to an original SYNOPSIS patch [options] [originalfile [patchfile]] but usually just patch -pnum <patchfile DESCRIPTION patch takes a patch file patchfile containing a difference listing pro- duced by the diff program and applies those differences to one or more original files, producing patched versions. Normally the patched ver- sions are put in place of the originals. Backups can be made; see the -b or --backup option. The names of the files to be patched are usu- ally taken from the patch file, but if there's just one file to be patched it can specified on the command line as originalfile. Upon startup, patch attempts to determine the type of the diff listing, unless overruled by a -c (--context), -e (--ed), -n (--normal), or -u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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