applypatch - apply 'makepatch' generated script to update a source tree
applypatch [
options ]
patch-kit
Applypatch applies a patch kit as generated by the
makepatch
program. It performs the following actions:
- •
- First, it will extensively verify that the patch kit is
complete and did not get corrupted during transfer.
- •
- Then it will apply some heuristics to verify that the
directory in which the patch will be applied does indeed contain the
expected sources.
If a corruption or verification error is detected, applypatch exits
without making changes.
- •
- If the kit is okay, and the directory seems to be the right
one: it creates new files and directories as necessary.
- •
- Then it runs the patch program to apply the patch to
the source files.
- •
- Upon completion, obsolete files, directories and .orig
files are removed, file modes of new files are set, and the timestamps of
all patched files are adjusted.
Applypatch takes one argument, the name of the patch kit as generated by
makepatch. If no name is specified, the patch kit is read from standard
input.
Options are matched case insensitive, and may be abbreviated to uniqueness.
-
-directory dir
- The name of the source directory to be patched.
- -check
- Perform the checks on the patch kit and patch directory,
but do not make any changes.
- -force
- Force continuation of the patch process even when
corruption or verification errors are detected. This is very
dangerous!
- -retain
- Do not remove patch backup files (with extension
".orig") upon completion.
-
-patch cmd
- The patch command to be used. Default is ""patch
-p0 -N"". Additionally, a ""-s"" will be
added unless option -verbose was specified.
- -verbose
- This option will cause applypatch and the
patch program to emit verbose progress information.
- -quiet
- This option will cause applypatch and the
patch program to emit no progress information, only error
messages.
- SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX
- The suffix used by (some versions of?) patch to back
up the originals of patched files. Upon completion, these files are
removed by applypatch unless the option -retain was
specified. Default value if "".orig"".
makepatch(1),
diff(1),
patch(1),
perl(1),
rm(1).
This program is written by Johan Vromans <
[email protected]>.
See section AUTHOR AND CREDITS of the makepatch program for an extensive list of
people that helped one way or another in the makepatch / applypatch project.
This program is Copyright 1992,1999,2006 by Squirrel Consultancy. All rights
reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of either: a) the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) any later
version, or b) the "Artistic License" which comes with Perl.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See either the GNU General Public License or the
Artistic License for more details.