Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!think.com!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!kth.se!cyklop.nada.kth.se!news From: d88-jwa@byse.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux Subject: What's this patch ? Message-ID: Date: 16 Jun 91 13:36:19 GMT Sender: news@nada.kth.se (Mr News) Distribution: comp Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Lines: 21 -rwxr-xr-x 1 bin bin 26197 May 6 10:36 /usr/bin/patch* This patch has no manual, and obviously got in here in one of the last upgrades (2.0.1 or development tools) It appears to want a COFF binary as argument... This wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the fact that the name "patch" is already taken by the familiar "patch" (as opposed to "diff -c") This is a stupid name clash, and dangerous since many scripts from the net assume "patch == ~diff.c" and I bet some scripts from Apple assume "patch == " Any light to shed on the matter ? -- Jon W{tte h+@nada.kth.se - Speed !