Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 19:41:41 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, steve@emmert.com Subject: Re: Stupid diff/patch question Message-ID: <199902160041.TAA03586@lakes.dignus.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902151614170.291-100000@free.emmert.com>
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> I am going to have to add a patch by hand to update some
> hardware support on my laptop. I know what + and - mean
> but what does ! do? I checked the man pages but no answer
> there.
It depends on how the diff was generated; but I believe the `!'
means that this line was changed.
That is, `+' means add a line,
`-' means delete a line, and
`!' means something on the line changed.
Now, that something could be white space (if the appropriate options
weren't used when the diff was created) - so it may not be obvious
just what changed... I usually just cut-and-paste such lines & remove
the leading `!'.
- Dave Rivers -
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