lfs-book/appendixa/patch-shortdesc.xml

<sect2><title>Contents of Patch</title>

<para>(Last checked against version &patch-contversion;.)</para>

<para>The patch program modifies a file according to a patch file. A patch
file usually is a list, created by the diff program, that contains
instructions on how an original file needs to be modified.</para>

<para>Patch installs the following:</para>

<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
<para>patch</para></sect3>

</sect2>