.TH PATCHER 1 "August 8, 1995"
.AT 3
.SH NAME
patcher \- perl4.x script
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B patcher [-d -dd] configuration_file
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Patcher
is a universal perl script that patches textfiles according to commands
that are given in the
.I configuration file.
Each command specifies two pragmas via regular expressions. Between
these pragmas certain actions are performed by the patcher. The patcher can
.I CLEAN
everthing between the pragmas,
.I ADD
the contents of a certain text file between the pragmas or
.I EXTRACT
everything between the pragmas and store it in a certain textfile.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
No environment variables are used.
.SH FILES
None.
.SH AUTHOR
Franz Regensburger
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Some examples can be found in the
.I isa-patches
directory of the 8bit package.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
.SH BUGS