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1<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
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3<sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
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5<para>Last checked against version &patch-contversion;.</para>
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7<sect3><title>Program files descriptions</title>
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9<sect4><title>patch</title>
10<para>The patch program modifies a file according to a patch file. A patch
11file usually is a list, created by the diff program, that contains
12instructions on how an original file needs to be modified. Patch is used
13a lot for source code patches since it saves time and space. Imagine
14a package that is 1 MB in size. The next version of that package
15only has changes in two files of the first version. It can be shipped as an
16entirely new package of 1 MB or just as a patch file of 1 KB, which will
17update the first version to make it identical to the second version. So
18if the first version was downloaded already, a patch file avoids
19a second large download.</para></sect4>
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