Zeh Mau <chefmuetze@web.de> wrote: > cvs add new.c > cvs delete old.c > commit -m "Change" old.c new.c > cvs diff -N -rFirst -Newest > mypatch.patch Try "cvs patch" instead of "cvs diff". It has built-in options to create a working patch (-N is only one of them). > patch -E < mypatch.patch > Unfortunately, new.c has not been created because of: > Hmm... Looks like a normal diff to me... > can't find file to patch at input line 5 I think that's because you left out the -c (or -u) option to cvs diff. Does the patchfile say that the original is /dev/null ? -- pa at panix dot com _______________________________________________ info-cvs mailing list info-cvs@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs