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From: gert@targon.UUCP (Gert Kanis)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: patch.c
Summary: Is fix on MINIX ST patch?
Keywords: patch.c fix sed
Message-ID: <599@targon.UUCP>
Date: 17 Aug 89 18:35:14 GMT
References: <9189@chinet.chi.il.us> <1989Aug11.053855.401@plains.NoDak.edu>
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In article <1989Aug11.053855.401@plains.NoDak.edu> ncoverby@plains.NoDak.edu
 (Glen Overby) writes:
>In article <9189@chinet.chi.il.us> bill@chinet.chi.il.us (Bill Mitchell)
 writes:
>>Anybody know why patch.c is not in the PH distribution?
>
>The source code to patch is quite large, and there was not enough space for
>it on a 9-diskette set, even when everything was compressed.
>-- 
>		Glen Overby	<ncoverby@plains.nodak.edu>
>	uunet!ndsuvax!ncoverby (UUCP)	ncoverby@ndsuvax (Bitnet)

On the distribution of MINIX-ST there is a program called fix.
It serves the same purpose.  Does somebody know if it is realy the
same as patch? (just curious).

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