$ patch -p0 -i../Foo-new.patch can't find file to patch at input line 4 Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? The text leading up to this was: -------------------------- |diff -Npurd Foo-old/one.txt Foo-new/one.txt |--- Foo-old/one.txt 2012-08-16 08:21:35.609375000 -0700 |+++ Foo-new/one.txt 2012-08-16 08:19:45.859375000 -0700 -------------------------- File to patch: Skip this patch? [y] Skipping patch. 1 out of 1 hunk ignored patching file Foo-old/two.txt $ tree -f -a . . |-- ./Foo-old | `-- ./Foo-old/two.txt `-- ./one.txt 1 directory, 2 files