PATCH - examining and patching arbitrary files with BOFF.

Syntax:

boff Patch filename [options]
ManiFest=filename             +Symbols
Symbols=filename[,module]     (+|-)Write

Examples:

boff p /myfile
boff p temp -w

Options:

filename
is the name of the file you wish to examine and/or patch.
ManiFest=filename
specifies a manifest file. For more details, see "expl boff manifest". .en
Symbols=filename[,module]
indicates that "filename" contains symbol names and debug tables for the file being examined. This symbol file may be an hstar or a sequential file (see "expl boff symbols"). If the file is an hstar file containing more than one module, you must specify the "module" name as well.
+Symbols
is short for "Symbols=.h". ".h" is the B command's default name for core image files.
-Write
indicates that BOFF should not access the file with write permissions (i.e. read only). This prevents accidental alteration of the file. Normally, BOFF accesses the file with both read and write.

Description:

Normally BOFF is used when working with load modules and abort files. However, the Patch mode of BOFF allows you to use the facilities of interactive BOFF to examine the contents of an arbitrary file. All the usual commands of interactive BOFF are available to help you examine and patch the file being examined.

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