SYNOPSIS

GenPat [-R] [-B=64] [-V] [-O] [-A=500] [source] [target] [patch.pat]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the GenPat command.

This manual page was written for the Debian (TM) distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has documentation in the HTML format; see below.

GenPat is a program that creates installer programs for Windows.

OPTIONS

-R

Replace a patch with same contents as source silently if it already exists.

-B=64

Set blocksize (default=64), multiple of 2 is required.

-V

More verbose information during patch creation.

-O

Deactivate match limit of the -A switch (sometimes smaller patches).

-A=500

Maximum number of block matches per block (improves performance). Default is 500, larger is slower. Use -V to see the cut-off aborts.

EXIT STATUS

0

Success

1

Arguments missing

2

Other error

3

Source file already has a patch in specified patch file (=error)

RELATED TO GenPat…

GenPat is documented more fully in the HTML file /usr/share/doc/nsis/Docs/VPatch/Readme.html.

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Paul Wise <[email protected]> for the Debian (TM) system.

AUTHOR

Paul Wise

Created man page

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2005 Paul Wise