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Inhibiting Keyboard Input
There are two ways you can prevent patch from asking you any
questions. The -f or --force option assumes that you know
what you are doing. It causes patch to do the following:
- Skip patches that do not contain file names in their headers.
- Patch files even though they have the wrong version for the
Prereq: line in the patch;
- Assume that patches are not reversed even if they look like they are.
The -t or --batch option is similar to -f, in that
it suppresses questions, but it makes somewhat different assumptions:
- Skip patches that do not contain file names in their headers
(the same as
-f).
- Skip patches for which the file has the wrong version for the
Prereq: line in the patch;
- Assume that patches are reversed if they look like they are.
