patchfile

See also: patch file

English

Noun

patchfile (plural patchfiles)

Alternative form of patch file.
- 1986, “MODPATCH”, in OS-9 Commands Reference (OS-9 Level Two Operating System), Tandy Corporation; Microware Systems Corporation, chapter 6 (System Command Descriptions), “Command Summary” section, pages 6-70–6-71:
  MODPATCH reads a patchfile and executes the commands in the patchfile to change the contents of one or more modules. […] You can use the BUILD command or any word processing program to create patchfiles.
- 1995 February, Matt Welsh, Lar Kaufman, “Obtaining Kernel Sources”, in Running Linux, Sebastopol, Calif.: O’Reilly & Associates, Inc., →ISBN, chapter 4 (Essential System Management), “Building a New Kernel” section, page 164:
  You do need all of the patchfiles up to the version that you’re upgrading to. Usually, these patchfiles are rather small, and are gzipped on the archive sites.
- 1999 February, William Ray, “Lesson 9: Text and File Utilities”, in Sams Teach Yourself Unix in 10 Minutes, Indianapolis, Ind.: Sams Publishing, Summary, page 100:
  diff/patch—The combination of diff and patch enables you to distribute updates (to documents, source code, and so on) in an efficient manner. Rather than sending copies of entire updated files, you can use diff to create patchfiles that only contain the changes between one version of a file and the next.
- 2001, Michael Stutz, “Patching a File with a Difference Report”, in The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use, San Francisco, Calif.: Linux Journal Press, →ISBN, part 2 (Files), chapter 8 (Managing Files), section 4 (Comparing Files), page 102:
  To apply the differences in a difference report to the original file compared in the report, use patch. It takes as arguments the name of the file to be patched and the name of the difference report file (or “patchfile”). It then applies the changes specified in the patchfile to the original file. This is especially useful for distributing different versions of a file—small patchfiles may be sent across networks easier than large source files.
- 2002, Peter Lilley, “Internet abuse”, in Hacked, Attacked & Abused: Digital Crime Exposed, London: Kogan Page, →ISBN, appendix 2 (Web directory), page 205:
  Among the sections on the site are: incident report, anti-virus tools, security tests, OS patchfiles, security sites, security tips and personal privacy.