I found no information on the naming conventions, why the above three extensions are used in paralell and in fact what are the general differences between them? AFAIK, there is no difference in the file contents. The naming convention is up to the individual. Patch would be appropriate when

pelibali wrote: thinking of the purpose, to use the patch program to patch a source file, etc. to what you want that is easily reproducible. Diff and dif (second is probably used by those who come from the 8.3 background) are from the standpoint of the program used to obtain the file. Whichever, they get the job done. HTH. -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Registered Linux user 231871