how to use a "patch" ..

[123654789]

Hi,

I am using Mandriva and i have a problem with "patch".
I would like to modify the content of 2 files : file1 and file2.

that are my steps:

first :

diff file1 file2 > file.patch

cat file.patch #it puts the differences between this 2 files ont the screen

patch < file.patch

But I always receive an error message :
bash: patch: command not found

could you please help me?
thank you

[i92guboj]

The "patch" tool is usually installed on almost all distros, but it seems that it's not on your system. Try installing it with urpmi.