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.TH "NSIS" "1" "October 5, 2005" "GenPat manual" "GenPat manual"
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.SH "NAME"
GenPat \- A program to create patch files in VPatch format\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBGenPat\fR\ 'u
\fBGenPat\fR [\fB\-R\fR] [\fB\-B=\fR\fB\fI64\fR\fR] [\fB\-V\fR] [\fB\-O\fR] [\fB\-A=\fR\fB\fI500\fR\fR] [\fB\fIsource\fR\fR] [\fB\fItarget\fR\fR] [\fB\fIpatch\&.pat\fR\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This manual page documents briefly the
\fBGenPat\fR
command\&.
.PP
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\&.
.PP
\fBGenPat\fR
is a program that creates installer programs for Windows\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-R\fR
.RS 4
Replace a patch with same contents as source silently if it already exists\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-B=\fR\fB\fI64\fR\fR
.RS 4
Set blocksize (default=64), multiple of 2 is required\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-V\fR
.RS 4
More verbose information during patch creation\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-O\fR
.RS 4
Deactivate match limit of the \-A switch (sometimes smaller patches)\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-A=\fR\fB\fI500\fR\fR
.RS 4
Maximum number of block matches per block (improves performance)\&. Default is 500, larger is slower\&. Use \-V to see the cut\-off aborts\&.
.RE
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
.PP
0
.RS 4
Success
.RE
.PP
1
.RS 4
Arguments missing
.RE
.PP
2
.RS 4
Other error
.RE
.PP
3
.RS 4
Source file already has a patch in specified patch file (=error)
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
GenPat is documented more fully in the HTML file /usr/share/doc/nsis/Docs/VPatch/Readme\&.html\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBPaul Wise\fR <\&pabs@debian\&.org\&>
.RS 4
This manual page was written by Paul Wise <pabs@debian\&.org> for the Debian (TM) system\&.
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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Copyright \(co 2005 Paul Wise
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