1NYPATCHY(1) General Commands Manual NYPATCHY(1)
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6 nypatchy - tool to work with specialized-format patches
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9 nypatchy pam fort cradle print cc as data [ fort2 cc2 as2 data2 ]
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12 nypatchy is a tool for working with Patchy Master Files (PAM files). A
13 PAM file is an ordinary text file (generally with a three-letter exten‐
14 sion of ".car") that holds source code interleaved with special
15 pre-processing instructions for nypatchy. The source code may be in C,
16 FORTRAN, assembly language, or a combination of these. The pre-pro‐
17 cessing instructions allow one to maintain separate optional patches
18 independently, for instance in the case of architecture-specific code.
19 Details of the pre-processing commands used by nypatchy are beyond the
20 scope of this man page; the reader should refer to the full manual
21 available from CERN.
22 Telling nypatchy which set of patches to use may be done on standard
24 input or via a so-called cradle file. Typically the cradle file will
25 contain one or more +USE statements as well as +EXE and +QUIT, for
26 instance in the case of the isajet Monte Carlo generator:
27 +USE,*ISAJET
29 +EXE
30 +PAM
31 +QUIT
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34 In the command line shown above, pam is the PAM file, if any. fort is
35 the name of the primary output source code file, if any. cradle is the
36 name of the cradle file, if any (default is standard input, for
37 instance a here-doc). print is the name of the file to receive printed
38 output (the default is standard output). cc, as, data are the names of
39 the source code output files for data types CC, AS, DATA. The remain‐
40 ing parameters are the source code output files to receive diverted
41 material for respective data types FORT, CC, AS, DATA.
42 Parameters may be omitted by substituting a dash - for them. Trailing
44 parameters may be cut short by giving "." or ".go"; the latter com‐
45 mences execution immediately rather than starting the nypatchy interac‐
46 tive prompt.
47 nypatchy will return to the shell a code of 0 if successful, 1 if there
49 is a warning, and 2 if an error occurs. Since the program stops creat‐
50 ing output, but continues to run (in order to check for further errors)
51 if an error occurs, the user should be sure to test the error code $?
52 after any nypatchy run.
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55 nypatchy -- xyz .go
56 reads the cradle (instructions) from file xyz.cra, which must
57 list all other files to be used.
58 nypatchy .go << EOF
60 <cradle>
61 EOF
63 has the cradle given as a here-document.
64 nypatchy zebra.car zebra.fca zebra.cra zebra.lis .go
66 reads the PAM file zebra.car, outputting the resulting source
67 code to zebra.fca, taking the cradle from zebra.cra, with print‐
68 ing done to zebra.lis.
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71 fcasplit(1), nycheck(1), nydiff(1), nyindex(1), nylist(1), nymerge(1),
72 nyshell(1), nysynopt(1), nytidy(1), yexpand(1)
73 The reference manual for the Nypatchy suite of programs is available in
75 compressed PostScript format at the following URL:
76 http://wwwasdoc.web.cern.ch/wwwasdoc/psdir/p5refman.ps.gz
77 Running the command "nypatchy help .no" also gives some brief help on
79 usage.
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82 This manual page was written by Kevin McCarty <kmccarty@debian.org> for
83 the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). It is
84 licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later (at
85 your choice).
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88 Copyright (C) Kevin B. McCarty, 2008.
89 Mar 12, 2008 NYPATCHY(1)