Re: LYNX-DEV reconstructiong old versions

[T.E.Dickey]

> 
> Thanks.  I found patch an d the man page but I still can't get it to work.
> I type patch -p1 lynx2-7-1 <*94.patch 
> and it complains lynx2-7-1 is not a regular file.
> How do I get it to recursively patch? Do I have to list all files on the 
> command line?
> Can't it just deduce the files from the patch files?
> 
> I only skimmed hte man page (which is rather long).
> What does everyone else use to reconstruct old versions?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> --le
The directory name is redundant.  cd into the directory & patch from there.

The patch file contains the info for "recursion" - look at the readme
that I have under
        http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey/scripts

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Thomas E. Dickey
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