Re: patch

From: Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Date: Mon Nov 18 2002 - 18:20:43 EST


On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, deepak wrote:

> how do i uninstall a patch

$ man patch
...
       -R or --reverse
          Assume that this patch was created with the old and new
          files swapped. (Yes, I'm afraid that does happen occa­
          sionally, human nature being what it is.) patch
          attempts to swap each hunk around before applying it.
          Rejects come out in the swapped format. The -R option
          ...

Next time you should read the man page yourself ;)

Rik

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