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 Inhibiting Keyboard Input
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    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.
 

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