$ cd tmp2Foo $ patch -i ../tmpFoo.patch The next patch would create the file one.txt, which already exists! Assume -R? [n] Apply anyway? [n] Skipping patch. 1 out of 1 hunk ignored -- saving rejects to file one.txt.rej The next patch would create the file one.txt, which already exists! Assume -R? [n] Apply anyway? [n] Skipping patch. 1 out of 1 hunk ignored -- saving rejects to file one.txt.rej The next patch would create the file two.txt, which already exists! Assume -R? [n] Apply anyway? [n] Skipping patch. 1 out of 1 hunk ignored -- saving rejects to file two.txt.rej The next patch would create the file one.txt, which already exists! Assume -R? [n] Apply anyway? [n] Skipping patch. 1 out of 1 hunk ignored -- saving rejects to file one.txt.rej $ tree -f -a . . |-- ./one.txt |-- ./one.txt.rej |-- ./two.txt `-- ./two.txt.rej 0 directories, 4 files