[Linux-disciples] patch(1)

[Dylan Thurston]

On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 05:42:58PM -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> diff -u -r /home/slaniel/wordpress/wordpress-2.0.2-{joel,orig} |patch -p1 -b /home/slaniel/wordpress/wordpress-2.0.3-orig/

I believe the problem here is that 'patch -p1' just strips off the first
level of directories, while with the diff command line you give you'll
want to strip off 4 levels: 'home', 'slaniel', 'wordpress', and
'wordpres-2.0.2-XXX'.

Peace,
	Dylan
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