From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 15 17:43:55 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA09917 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 17:43:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (pinsoft.internet.co.nz [202.37.141.181]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA09912 for ; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 17:43:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@pinnacle.co.nz) Received: from kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz [202.37.163.2]) by kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA04264; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 14:39:00 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 14:39:00 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen To: Steve Emmert cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stupid diff/patch question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Steve Emmert wrote: > 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. Um. Why doesn't patch(1) work? ! refers to modified lines. You have replace the older file's lines with the newer file's lines. -- Jonathan Chen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message