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From: fvkampen@cs.vu.nl (Florentijn van Kampen)
Subject: Re: cdiff on tnet4. what is that?
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Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 09:39:10 GMT
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jdiaz@pino.datsi.fi.upm.es (juan carlos diaz) writes:

>I have de tnet4a distribution. My problems is that I do not know
>what to do with the *.cdiff and *.hdiff files. Please, anyone
>can help me?? Thanks.
> 
The diff files contain the diff-erences between old and new versions of
files in a special format.
There is a program named 'patch' that takes an *diff file and applies
those changes on the original file. Take a look at the manual page of
'patch', backup your original files, and run the 'patches'. 

	Florentijn
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