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Re: PATCH.PUB.SYS & PATCH.HPBIN.SYS
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Paul H Christidis <[log in to unmask]>
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Paul H Christidis <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:53:19 -0800
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>> Does anyone know what these do?

Michael Marxmeier replied:

>PATCH.HPBIN.SYS is a port of the patch program initially created
>by Larry Wall (the Perl author). It is used to apply a diff to a
>source file. See man patch.

>No idea about the PATCH.PUB.SYS though.

PATCH.PUB.SYS  is an HP utility that can be used to display and/or modify
CM executables and SL files.  One can modify the global stack area
variables of make simple program instruction changes.   Documentation on
the utility can be found in the "MPE/iX System Utilities Reference Manual"
Part No.  32650-90081

Regards
Paul Christidis

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