# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| patch: patch (apply a diff file to an original file or files) patch: patch: Patch is a utility used to apply diffs (or patches) to files, which patch: are usually source code. patch: patch: Larry Wall wrote the original version of patch. Paul Eggert removed patch: patch's arbitrary limits; added support for binary files, setting patch: file times, and deleting files; and made it conform better to POSIX. patch: Other contributors include Wayne Davison, who added unidiff support, patch: and David MacKenzie, who added configuration and backup support. patch: