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10-29-2001

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Use the 'patch' program.

Example: patch < resultFile

That will search for the appropriate file to patch in your current directory and apply the changes if possible. I always prefer to use the unified diff format as I find it much easier to read if I need to examine a patch before applying it. Unified format diffs are based on context so they can be applied even if your source file has other (unrelated) changes. Just use the '-u' option to diff instead of '-e'.

Check the patch and diff man pages for more info.

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zcmp

ZDIFF(1)						      General Commands Manual							  ZDIFF(1)

NAME

       zcmp, zdiff - compare compressed files

SYNOPSIS

       zcmp [ cmp_options ] file1 [ file2 ]
       zdiff [ diff_options ] file1 [ file2 ]

DESCRIPTION

       Zcmp  and  zdiff are used to invoke the cmp or the diff program on files compressed via gzip.  All options specified are passed directly to
       cmp or diff.  If only file1 is specified, it is compared to the uncompressed contents of file1.gz.  If two files are specified, their  con-
       tents  (uncompressed  if  necessary)  are  fed to cmp or diff.  The input files are not modified.  The exit status from cmp or diff is pre-
       served.

SEE ALSO

       cmp(1), diff(1), zmore(1), zgrep(1), znew(1), zforce(1), gzip(1), gzexe(1)

BUGS

       Messages from the cmp or diff programs may refer to file names such as "-" instead of to the file names specified.

																	  ZDIFF(1)