There are two types of patch, text and binary. If it is binary, you can't see the contents, Otherwise use "vi" or "cat" to see the contents. ./Senthil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zwane Mwaikambo" <zwane@linux.realnet.co.sz> To: <Shashidhara.Dongre@lntinfotech.com> Cc: <kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 12:25 PM Subject: Re: how to unpack and see the contents of Redhat 7.3 patches > On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 Shashidhara.Dongre@lntinfotech.com wrote: > > > I want to see the source files in the following patch file which I > > downloaded. How to do this? > > > > linux-2.4.18-wvlan-cs.patch > > cat(1) ? > > Cheers, > Zwane > -- > http://function.linuxpower.ca > > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
