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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/patch/patch.1')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/patch/patch.1 b/usr.bin/patch/patch.1 index 8e4cd81571d..fd0a176cc05 100644 --- a/usr.bin/patch/patch.1 +++ b/usr.bin/patch/patch.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: patch.1,v 1.12 2003/07/25 02:12:45 millert Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: patch.1,v 1.13 2003/07/28 16:13:53 millert Exp $ .\" Copyright 1986, Larry Wall .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without @@ -481,14 +481,25 @@ indicates that there is unprocessed text in the patch file and that is attempting to intuit whether there is a patch in that text and, if so, what kind of patch it is. .Pp +The .Nm -will exit with a non-zero status if any reject files were created. +utility exits with one of the following values: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact -offset indent +.It \&0 +Successful completion. +.It \&1 +One or more lines were written to a reject file. +.It \*[Gt]\&1 +An error occurred. +.El +.Pp When applying a set of patches in a loop it behooves you to check this exit status so you don't apply a later patch to a partially patched file. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr diff 1 .Sh AUTHORS -.An Larry Wall Aq larry@wall.org +.An Larry Wall with many other contributors. .Sh CAVEATS .Nm |