On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, Pierson Lee wrote:
>I am ftping the OasisOLCv1.6-bpl12.patch.gz from the circlemud site and
>when i try and use it as a patch two things come up. First it says it
>isn't a patch.. [...]
gunzip it first.
> [...] so i made it executable, then it ran an gave me an error
>diff has no -u flag
You just tried to run it as a script, that's not quite right.  Check the
FAQ for the correct patch syntax.
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