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