Skip to content

GNU patch vs Yahoo! Directory

A side-by-side look at GNU patch and Yahoo! Directory. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

GNU patch

GNU patch

Development

GNU patch is an open-source utility for applying patches to text files. It allows users to modify source code files by applying differences files, also known as patches, which contain the changes between two versions of a file.

patchingdiffversion-control
Yahoo! Directory

Yahoo! Directory

Online Services

Yahoo! Directory was one of the first human-edited web directories that organized websites into categories and subcategories to help users find relevant sites. It launched in 1994 and was shut down in 2014 after declining popularity.

directoryweb-catalogsearch