.patch files
 

i have a .patch file that is supposed to edit a .cpp file, but it gets an error.. i was just wondering how i would manually do the patch... what does each line mean in the file... here is the part that failes

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< QTimer *m_sysTimer = new QTimer(this);
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> m_sysTimer = new QTimer(this);

if you are in the SAME directory as the file you are patching, you wuold run something like

path -p0 < file.patch

the -p0 relates to the directory level you are in so 0 is the same directory.

if that doesn't work, or doesn't answer your question, please provide more information, as you've not really provided anything to go on. there is nothing abnormal about the section you have provided...